#A51E99#A51E99

#A51E99 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.210 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A51E99
RGB	rgb(165, 30, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(305, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.8%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.96, 64.51, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.96, 73.54, 331.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1856 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.21 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7312, 11.2297, 31.1538)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A51E99 #1EA52A

analogous

#6D1EA5 #A51E99 #A51E56

triadic

#A51E99 #99A51E #1E99A5

tetradic

#A51E99 #A56D1E #1EA52A #1E56A5

square

#A51E99 #A56D1E #1EA52A #1E56A5

split-complementary

#A51E99 #56A51E #1EA56D

monochromatic

#3D0B39 #711569 #A51E99 #D828C8 #E15CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A51E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A51E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A51E99

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A51E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A51E99	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11529C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC305C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a51e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 30, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.210 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46cb7',
    500: '#a51e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a51e99;
$custom-light: #c46cb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a51e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51041,
    "c": 0.20953,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A51E99

secondary

#59C563

accent

#EC4B3C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A51E99

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

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