#A8239B#A8239B

#A8239B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.208 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8239B
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(306, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 64.16, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 72.97, 331.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% 0.1849 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.208 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6660, 11.8954, 32.1063)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8239B #23A830

analogous

#7323A8 #A8239B #A82358

triadic

#A8239B #9BA823 #239BA8

tetradic

#A8239B #A87323 #23A830 #2358A8

square

#A8239B #A87323 #23A830 #2358A8

split-complementary

#A8239B #58A823 #23A873

monochromatic

#430E3E #75186C #A8239B #D534C5 #DF66D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A8239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A8239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8239B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8239B	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A559E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0335E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.208 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fb9',
    500: '#a8239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8239b;
$custom-light: #c66fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.865,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5195,
    "c": 0.20814,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8239B

secondary

#62C56C

accent

#E8503F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8239B

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

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