#A8239D#A8239D

#A8239D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.210 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8239D
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 64.46, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 73.73, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.1849 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.21 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8353, 11.9631, 32.9982)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8239D #23A82E

analogous

#7023A8 #A8239D #A8235B

triadic

#A8239D #9DA823 #239DA8

tetradic

#A8239D #A87023 #23A82E #235BA8

square

#A8239D #A87023 #23A82E #235BA8

split-complementary

#A8239D #5BA823 #23A870

monochromatic

#430E3E #75186E #A8239D #D534C7 #DF66D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#A8239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A8239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8239D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8239D	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1655A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51679A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.210 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fba',
    500: '#a8239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8239d;
$custom-light: #c66fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.962,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52062,
    "c": 0.20957,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8239D

secondary

#62C56A

accent

#E84D3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8239D

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

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