#A8229B#A8229B

#A8229B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.209 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8229B
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(306, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.96, 64.43, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.96, 73.28, 331.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1857 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.209 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6370, 11.8374, 32.0966)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8229B #22A82F

analogous

#7222A8 #A8229B #A82258

triadic

#A8229B #9BA822 #229BA8

tetradic

#A8229B #A87222 #22A82F #2258A8

square

#A8229B #A87222 #22A82F #2258A8

split-complementary

#A8229B #58A822 #22A872

monochromatic

#420D3D #75186C #A8229B #D532C6 #E065D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#A8229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A8229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8229B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8229B	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18559E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0335E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.209 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eb9',
    500: '#a8229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8229b;
$custom-light: #c66eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.821,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51883,
    "c": 0.20903,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8229B

secondary

#61C56A

accent

#E94F3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8229B

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

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