#A521BD#A521BD

#A521BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.234 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A521BD
RGB	rgb(165, 33, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(291, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, 69.66, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 87.44, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1809 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.234 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2451, 12.7626, 49.2679)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A521BD #39BD21

analogous

#5721BD #A521BD #BD2187

triadic

#A521BD #BDA521 #21BDA5

tetradic

#A521BD #BD5721 #39BD21 #2187BD

square

#A521BD #BD5721 #39BD21 #2187BD

split-complementary

#A521BD #87BD21 #21BD57

monochromatic

#4A0F55 #781889 #A521BD #C53EDD #D472E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#A521BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#A521BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A521BD

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A521BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A521BD	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3568BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a521bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 33, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.234 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46fd2',
    500: '#a521bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a521bd;
$custom-light: #c46fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a521bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53466,
    "c": 0.23396,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A521BD

secondary

#7BCD6D

accent

#ED3B56

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130814

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A521BD

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

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