#A8229C#A8229C

#A8229C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.210 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8229C
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 64.58, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 73.66, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.1857 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.21 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7213, 11.8711, 32.5407)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8229C #22A82E

analogous

#7122A8 #A8229C #A82259

triadic

#A8229C #9CA822 #229CA8

tetradic

#A8229C #A87122 #22A82E #2259A8

square

#A8229C #A87122 #22A82E #2259A8

split-complementary

#A8229C #59A822 #22A871

monochromatic

#420D3D #75186D #A8229C #D532C7 #E065D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A8229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A8229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8229C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8229C	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF335F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.210 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eb9',
    500: '#a8229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8229c;
$custom-light: #c66eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.373,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51939,
    "c": 0.20974,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8229C

secondary

#61C56A

accent

#E94E3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8229C

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

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