#A231A5#A231A5

#A231A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.198 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231A5
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 165)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 59.99, -39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 71.59, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.1659 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.198 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7897, 12.5962, 36.8210)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231A5 #34A531

analogous

#6831A5 #A231A5 #A5316E

triadic

#A231A5 #A5A231 #31A5A2

tetradic

#A231A5 #A56831 #34A531 #316EA5

square

#A231A5 #A56831 #34A531 #316EA5

split-complementary

#A231A5 #6EA531 #31A568

monochromatic

#451547 #742376 #A231A5 #C64AC9 #D579D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A231A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A231A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231A5

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231A5	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A5AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D68A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.198 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174c0',
    500: '#a231a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231a5;
$custom-light: #c174c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.448,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5272,
    "c": 0.19816,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231A5

secondary

#74C072

accent

#DE4A4E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231A5

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

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