#A231A4#A231A4

#A231A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.197 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231A4
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 164)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 59.81, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 71.17, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1659 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.197 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6991, 12.5599, 36.3435)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231A4 #33A431

analogous

#6931A4 #A231A4 #A4316C

triadic

#A231A4 #A4A231 #31A4A2

tetradic

#A231A4 #A46931 #33A431 #316CA4

square

#A231A4 #A46931 #33A431 #316CA4

split-complementary

#A231A4 #6CA431 #31A469

monochromatic

#451546 #732375 #A231A4 #C749C9 #D579D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A231A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A231A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231A4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231A4	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C5AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D68A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.197 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174bf',
    500: '#a231a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231a4;
$custom-light: #c174bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.957,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52662,
    "c": 0.19735,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231A4

secondary

#73BF72

accent

#DD4A4D

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231A4

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

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