#A4499D#A4499D

#A4499D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.159 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4499D
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(305, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 48.84, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 56.60, 329.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1384 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.159 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7780, 15.0935, 33.5527)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4499D #49A450

analogous

#7E49A4 #A4499D #A44970

triadic

#A4499D #9DA449 #499DA4

tetradic

#A4499D #A47E49 #49A450 #4970A4

square

#A4499D #A47E49 #49A450 #4970A4

split-complementary

#A4499D #70A449 #49A47E

monochromatic

#4F234C #7A3674 #A4499D #BE6CB8 #D197CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A4499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A4499D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4499D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4499D	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4464A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.159 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c180ba',
    500: '#a4499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4499d;
$custom-light: #c180ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55275,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4499D

secondary

#8CBD90

accent

#CE6259

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8EFF6

border

#D1CAD0

text

#130B11

muted

#827C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4499D

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

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