#A22CA5#A22CA5

#A22CA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.204 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22CA5
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(299, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 61.73, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 73.59, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1708 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.204 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5921, 12.2009, 36.7551)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22CA5 #2FA52C

analogous

#652CA5 #A22CA5 #A52C6B

triadic

#A22CA5 #A5A22C #2CA5A2

tetradic

#A22CA5 #A5652C #2FA52C #2C6BA5

square

#A22CA5 #A5652C #2FA52C #2C6BA5

split-complementary

#A22CA5 #6BA52C #2CA565

monochromatic

#431244 #731F75 #A22CA5 #C942CD #D772D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A22CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A22CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22CA5

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22CA5	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E58A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A67A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.204 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c172c0',
    500: '#a22ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22ca5;
$custom-light: #c172c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.512,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5228,
    "c": 0.2038,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22CA5

secondary

#6EC16C

accent

#E1474B

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22CA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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