#A4279D#A4279D

#A4279D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.204 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4279D
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(303, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 62.46, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 72.24, 329.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.1775 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.204 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1211, 11.7796, 33.0004)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4279D #27A42E

analogous

#6D27A4 #A4279D #A4275F

triadic

#A4279D #9DA427 #279DA4

tetradic

#A4279D #A46D27 #27A42E #275FA4

square

#A4279D #A46D27 #27A42E #275FA4

split-complementary

#A4279D #5FA427 #27A46D

monochromatic

#410F3E #731B6E #A4279D #D038C7 #DC6AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A4279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A4279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4279D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4279D	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1755A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E669A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.204 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370ba',
    500: '#a4279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4279d;
$custom-light: #c370ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.36,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51721,
    "c": 0.20382,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4279D

secondary

#65C26A

accent

#E54C43

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4279D

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

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