#A3279E#A3279E

#A3279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.204 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3279E
RGB	rgb(163, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(302, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 3.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 62.40, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 72.59, 329.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1765 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.204 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0012, 11.7079, 33.4422)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3279E #27A32C

analogous

#6A27A3 #A3279E #A32760

triadic

#A3279E #9EA327 #279EA3

tetradic

#A3279E #A36A27 #27A32C #2760A3

square

#A3279E #A36A27 #27A32C #2760A3

split-complementary

#A3279E #60A327 #27A36A

monochromatic

#400F3E #721B6E #A3279E #CF38C9 #DB69D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#A3279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A3279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3279E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3279E	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1455A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D669B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.204 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26fbb',
    500: '#a3279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3279e;
$custom-light: #c26fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.419,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51623,
    "c": 0.20407,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3279E

secondary

#64C168

accent

#E44A43

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3279E

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

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