#A231B9#A231B9

#A231B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.215 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231B9
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 185)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 63.56, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 80.27, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1651 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.215 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7545, 13.3821, 47.1686)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231B9 #48B931

analogous

#5E31B9 #A231B9 #B9318C

triadic

#A231B9 #B9A231 #31B9A2

tetradic

#A231B9 #B95E31 #48B931 #318CB9

square

#A231B9 #B95E31 #48B931 #318CB9

split-complementary

#A231B9 #8CB931 #31B95E

monochromatic

#4D1758 #782489 #A231B9 #BD55D2 #D086DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#A231B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#A231B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231B9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231B9	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.215 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c175cf',
    500: '#a231b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231b9;
$custom-light: #c175cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.853,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53948,
    "c": 0.2148,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231B9

secondary

#8AC87D

accent

#E14661

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231B9

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

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