#A231AD#A231AD

#A231AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.205 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231AD
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 173)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 61.38, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 75.01, 324.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1658 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.205 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5408, 12.8966, 40.7764)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231AD #3CAD31

analogous

#6431AD #A231AD #AD317A

triadic

#A231AD #ADA231 #31ADA2

tetradic

#A231AD #AD6431 #3CAD31 #317AAD

square

#A231AD #AD6431 #3CAD31 #317AAD

split-complementary

#A231AD #7AAD31 #31AD64

monochromatic

#49164E #75237D #A231AD #C24ECD #D27EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#A231AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A231AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231AD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231AD	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#065CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4769AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.205 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174c6',
    500: '#a231ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231ad;
$custom-light: #c174c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.677,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53197,
    "c": 0.20473,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231AD

secondary

#7DC377

accent

#DF4956

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231AD

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

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