#A231C6#A231C6

#A231C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.226 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231C6
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 198)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 66.01, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 86.10, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1637 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.226 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1901, 13.9563, 54.7294)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231C6 #55C631

analogous

#5731C6 #A231C6 #C6319F

triadic

#A231C6 #C6A231 #31C6A2

tetradic

#A231C6 #C65731 #55C631 #319FC6

square

#A231C6 #C65731 #55C631 #319FC6

split-complementary

#A231C6 #9FC631 #31C657

monochromatic

#521964 #7A2595 #A231C6 #BA5DD7 #CF8EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#A231C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#A231C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231C6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231C6	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.226 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c275d8',
    500: '#a231c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231c6;
$custom-light: #c275d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.503,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54808,
    "c": 0.22592,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231C6

secondary

#97CE85

accent

#E3446B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231C6

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

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