#A281BD#A281BD

#A281BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.094 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A281BD
RGB	rgb(162, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(273, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 24.21, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 36.00, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0594 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.094 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9342, 27.0563, 51.6743)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A281BD #9CBD81

analogous

#8481BD #A281BD #BD81BA

triadic

#A281BD #BDA281 #81BDA2

tetradic

#A281BD #BD8481 #9CBD81 #81BABD

square

#A281BD #BD8481 #9CBD81 #81BABD

split-complementary

#A281BD #BABD81 #81BD84

monochromatic

#654380 #8459A8 #A281BD #C0A9D2 #DDD1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A281BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A281BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A281BD

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A281BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A281BD	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a281bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.094 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea6d1',
    500: '#a281bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a281bd;
$custom-light: #bea6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a281bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65632,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A281BD

secondary

#CCD8C2

accent

#AA3C6D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#120F14

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A281BD

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

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