#A8239A#A8239A

#A8239A is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.207 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8239A
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(306, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 64.01, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 72.59, 331.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1849 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.207 333)
XYZ	xyz(22.5824, 11.8620, 31.6658)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8239A #23A831

analogous

#7423A8 #A8239A #A82357

triadic

#A8239A #9AA823 #239AA8

tetradic

#A8239A #A87423 #23A831 #2357A8

square

#A8239A #A87423 #23A831 #2357A8

split-complementary

#A8239A #57A823 #23A874

monochromatic

#430E3D #75186C #A8239A #D534C4 #DF66D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A8239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A8239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8239A

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8239A	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)

#1B559D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0335E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.207 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fb8',
    500: '#a8239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8239a;
$custom-light: #c66fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51894,
    "c": 0.20743,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.1186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8239A

secondary

#62C56C

accent

#E8513F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8239A

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

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