#A231CA#A231CA

#A231CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.229 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A231CA
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 202)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 66.78, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 87.91, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.1631 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.229 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6575, 14.1433, 57.1914)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A231CA #59CA31

analogous

#5631CA #A231CA #CA31A6

triadic

#A231CA #CAA231 #31CAA2

tetradic

#A231CA #CA5631 #59CA31 #31A6CA

square

#A231CA #CA5631 #59CA31 #31A6CA

split-complementary

#A231CA #A6CA31 #31CA56

monochromatic

#531967 #7B2599 #A231CA #B960D8 #CF91E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A231CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A231CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A231CA

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A231CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A231CA	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a231ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.229 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c275db',
    500: '#a231ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a231ca;
$custom-light: #c275db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a231ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.314,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55082,
    "c": 0.22938,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A231CA

secondary

#9ACF88

accent

#E4446E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A231CA

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

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