#A522A2#A522A2

#A522A2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.213 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A522A2
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 162)
HSL	hsl(301, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(301, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 64.89, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 75.89, 328.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1826 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.213 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6105, 11.7538, 35.2533)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A522A2 #22A525

analogous

#6722A5 #A522A2 #A52261

triadic

#A522A2 #A2A522 #22A2A5

tetradic

#A522A2 #A56722 #22A525 #2261A5

square

#A522A2 #A56722 #22A525 #2261A5

split-complementary

#A522A2 #61A522 #22A567

monochromatic

#400D3E #721870 #A522A2 #D430D1 #DF63DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A522A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A522A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A522A2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A522A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A522A2	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B669F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a522a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.213 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46ebe',
    500: '#a522a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a522a2;
$custom-light: #c46ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a522a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.374,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51814,
    "c": 0.21266,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A522A2

secondary

#5FC461

accent

#E9433F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A522A2

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

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