#A8229D#A8229D

#A8229D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.210 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8229D
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 64.73, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 74.04, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1857 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.21 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8063, 11.9051, 32.9885)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8229D #22A82D

analogous

#7022A8 #A8229D #A8225A

triadic

#A8229D #9DA822 #229DA8

tetradic

#A8229D #A87022 #22A82D #225AA8

square

#A8229D #A87022 #22A82D #225AA8

split-complementary

#A8229D #5AA822 #22A870

monochromatic

#420D3E #75186D #A8229D #D532C8 #E065D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#A8229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A8229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8229D

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8229D	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1555A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50679A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF345F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.210 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eba',
    500: '#a8229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8229d;
$custom-light: #c66eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51996,
    "c": 0.21045,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8229D

secondary

#61C569

accent

#E94D3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8229D

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

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