#A231A9#A231A9

#A231A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.201 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231A9
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 169)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 71%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 60.68, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 73.29, 325.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1659 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.201 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1595, 12.7441, 38.7684)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231A9 #38A931

analogous

#6631A9 #A231A9 #A93174

triadic

#A231A9 #A9A231 #31A9A2

tetradic

#A231A9 #A96631 #38A931 #3174A9

square

#A231A9 #A96631 #38A931 #3174A9

split-complementary

#A231A9 #74A931 #31A966

monochromatic

#47154A #75237A #A231A9 #C44CCB #D37CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#A231A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#A231A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231A9

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231A9	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A69A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6456A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.201 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174c3',
    500: '#a231a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231a9;
$custom-light: #c174c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52956,
    "c": 0.20143,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231A9

secondary

#79C174

accent

#DE4952

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231A9

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

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