#A8229A#A8229A

#A8229A is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.208 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8229A
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(306, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 64.28, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 72.90, 331.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1857 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.208 333)
XYZ	xyz(22.5534, 11.8039, 31.6562)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8229A #22A830

analogous

#7322A8 #A8229A #A82257

triadic

#A8229A #9AA822 #229AA8

tetradic

#A8229A #A87322 #22A830 #2257A8

square

#A8229A #A87322 #22A830 #2257A8

split-complementary

#A8229A #57A822 #22A873

monochromatic

#420D3D #75186B #A8229A #D532C4 #E065D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A8229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A8229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8229A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8229A	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A549D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0325E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.208 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eb8',
    500: '#a8229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8229a;
$custom-light: #c66eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.269,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51828,
    "c": 0.20833,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.11802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8229A

secondary

#61C56B

accent

#E9503F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8229A

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

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