#A231C8#A231C8

#A231C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.228 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231C8
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 75.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 66.39, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 87.00, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1634 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.228 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4223, 14.0492, 55.9523)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231C8 #57C831

analogous

#5731C8 #A231C8 #C831A3

triadic

#A231C8 #C8A231 #31C8A2

tetradic

#A231C8 #C85731 #57C831 #31A3C8

square

#A231C8 #C85731 #57C831 #31A3C8

split-complementary

#A231C8 #A3C831 #31C857

monochromatic

#521966 #7A2597 #A231C8 #B95FD8 #CF90E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#A231C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A231C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231C8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231C8	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.228 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c275d9',
    500: '#a231c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231c8;
$custom-light: #c275d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.901,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54945,
    "c": 0.22765,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231C8

secondary

#99CE86

accent

#E4446C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231C8

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

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