#A8239C#A8239C

#A8239C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.209 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8239C
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 64.31, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 73.35, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1849 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.209 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7503, 11.9291, 32.5504)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8239C #23A82F

analogous

#7223A8 #A8239C #A82359

triadic

#A8239C #9CA823 #239CA8

tetradic

#A8239C #A87223 #23A82F #2359A8

square

#A8239C #A87223 #23A82F #2359A8

split-complementary

#A8239C #59A823 #23A872

monochromatic

#430E3E #75186D #A8239C #D534C6 #DF66D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#A8239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A8239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8239C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8239C	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF345F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.209 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fb9',
    500: '#a8239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8239c;
$custom-light: #c66fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.414,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52006,
    "c": 0.20885,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8239C

secondary

#62C56B

accent

#E84F3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8239C

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

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