#A233C9#A233C9

#A233C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.226 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A233C9
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 201)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 65.89, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 86.67, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1615 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.226 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6250, 14.2671, 56.5983)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A233C9 #5AC933

analogous

#5733C9 #A233C9 #C933A5

triadic

#A233C9 #C9A233 #33C9A2

tetradic

#A233C9 #C95733 #5AC933 #33A5C9

square

#A233C9 #C95733 #5AC933 #33A5C9

split-complementary

#A233C9 #A5C933 #33C957

monochromatic

#531A67 #7B2798 #A233C9 #B962D7 #CF93E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A233C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A233C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A233C9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A233C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A233C9	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a233c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.226 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c276da',
    500: '#a233c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a233c9;
$custom-light: #c276da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a233c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55185,
    "c": 0.22646,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A233C9

secondary

#9BCF89

accent

#E3456E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A233C9

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

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