#A51CA9#A51CA9

#A51CA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.223 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A51CA9
RGB	rgb(165, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(298, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 67.48, -43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 80.39, 327.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1864 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.223 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0934, 11.6961, 38.5697)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A51CA9 #20A91C

analogous

#5E1CA9 #A51CA9 #A91C66

triadic

#A51CA9 #A9A51C #1CA9A5

tetradic

#A51CA9 #A95E1C #20A91C #1C66A9

square

#A51CA9 #A95E1C #20A91C #1C66A9

split-complementary

#A51CA9 #66A91C #1CA95E

monochromatic

#3E0B40 #721374 #A51CA9 #D627DB #E05BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#A51CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A51CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A51CA9

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A51CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A51CA9	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)

#0055AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4466A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a51ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.223 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46dc3',
    500: '#a51ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a51ca9;
$custom-light: #c46dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a51ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.298,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51881,
    "c": 0.22255,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A51CA9

secondary

#5CC859

accent

#EE393F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A51CA9

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

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