#A231B5#A231B5

#A231B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.211 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231B5
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 62.83, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 78.51, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1654 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.211 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3382, 13.2155, 44.9760)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231B5 #44B531

analogous

#6031B5 #A231B5 #B53186

triadic

#A231B5 #B5A231 #31B5A2

tetradic

#A231B5 #B56031 #44B531 #3186B5

square

#A231B5 #B56031 #44B531 #3186B5

split-complementary

#A231B5 #86B531 #31B560

monochromatic

#4C1755 #772485 #A231B5 #BE53D0 #D083DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#A231B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A231B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231B5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231B5	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.211 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174cc',
    500: '#a231b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231b5;
$custom-light: #c174cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53693,
    "c": 0.21142,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231B5

secondary

#86C77B

accent

#E1475D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231B5

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

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