#A22CA9#A22CA9

#A22CA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.207 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22CA9
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 62.42, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 75.28, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1707 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.207 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9619, 12.3488, 38.7026)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22CA9 #33A92C

analogous

#642CA9 #A22CA9 #A92C72

triadic

#A22CA9 #A9A22C #2CA9A2

tetradic

#A22CA9 #A9642C #33A92C #2C72A9

square

#A22CA9 #A9642C #33A92C #2C72A9

split-complementary

#A22CA9 #72A92C #2CA964

monochromatic

#451348 #731F78 #A22CA9 #C744CE #D574DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#A22CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A22CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22CA9

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22CA9	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0159AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4867A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.207 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c172c3',
    500: '#a22ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22ca9;
$custom-light: #c172c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.64,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5252,
    "c": 0.20698,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22CA9

secondary

#73C36E

accent

#E2464F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22CA9

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

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