#A231C2#A231C2

#A231C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.222 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231C2
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 194)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 65.25, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 84.30, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1642 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.222 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7348, 13.7742, 52.3316)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231C2 #51C231

analogous

#5A31C2 #A231C2 #C23199

triadic

#A231C2 #C2A231 #31C2A2

tetradic

#A231C2 #C25A31 #51C231 #3199C2

square

#A231C2 #C25A31 #51C231 #3199C2

split-complementary

#A231C2 #99C231 #31C25A

monochromatic

#501860 #792591 #A231C2 #BA5BD6 #CF8CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#A231C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#A231C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231C2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231C2	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.222 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c275d5',
    500: '#a231c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231c2;
$custom-light: #c275d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.759,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54539,
    "c": 0.22249,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231C2

secondary

#93CC83

accent

#E34568

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231C2

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

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