#A4279E#A4279E

#A4279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.205 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4279E
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(303, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 62.61, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 72.64, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1775 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.205 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2068, 11.8139, 33.4518)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4279E #27A42D

analogous

#6C27A4 #A4279E #A42760

triadic

#A4279E #9EA427 #279EA4

tetradic

#A4279E #A46C27 #27A42D #2760A4

square

#A4279E #A46C27 #27A42D #2760A4

split-complementary

#A4279E #60A427 #27A46C

monochromatic

#410F3F #731B6E #A4279E #D038C9 #DC6AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A4279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A4279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4279E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4279E	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1656A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E669B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.205 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370bb',
    500: '#a4279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4279e;
$custom-light: #c370bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.88,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51778,
    "c": 0.20457,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4279E

secondary

#65C269

accent

#E54B43

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4279E

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

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