#A522A5#A522A5

#A522A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.215 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A522A5
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(300, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 65.37, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 77.10, 327.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.1825 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.215 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8803, 11.8617, 36.6745)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A522A5 #22A522

analogous

#6422A5 #A522A5 #A52264

triadic

#A522A5 #A5A522 #22A5A5

tetradic

#A522A5 #A56422 #22A522 #2264A5

square

#A522A5 #A56422 #22A522 #2264A5

split-complementary

#A522A5 #64A522 #22A564

monochromatic

#400D40 #721872 #A522A5 #D430D4 #DF63DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A522A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A522A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A522A5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A522A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A522A5	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4966A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a522a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.215 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46ec0',
    500: '#a522a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a522a5;
$custom-light: #c46ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a522a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51993,
    "c": 0.21488,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A522A5

secondary

#5FC45F

accent

#E93F3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A522A5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →