#A231C5#A231C5

#A231C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.225 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231C5
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 197)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 65.82, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 85.65, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.1638 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.225 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0751, 13.9103, 54.1239)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231C5 #54C531

analogous

#5831C5 #A231C5 #C5319E

triadic

#A231C5 #C5A231 #31C5A2

tetradic

#A231C5 #C55831 #54C531 #319EC5

square

#A231C5 #C55831 #54C531 #319EC5

split-complementary

#A231C5 #9EC531 #31C558

monochromatic

#511963 #7A2594 #A231C5 #BA5DD7 #CF8EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#A231C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#A231C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231C5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231C5	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.225 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c275d7',
    500: '#a231c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231c5;
$custom-light: #c275d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.811,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5474,
    "c": 0.22506,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231C5

secondary

#96CD85

accent

#E3446A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231C5

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

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