#A8239E#A8239E

#A8239E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.210 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8239E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 64.62, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 74.12, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1849 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.21 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9211, 11.9974, 33.4497)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8239E #23A82D

analogous

#6F23A8 #A8239E #A8235C

triadic

#A8239E #9EA823 #239EA8

tetradic

#A8239E #A86F23 #23A82D #235CA8

square

#A8239E #A86F23 #23A82D #235CA8

split-complementary

#A8239E #5CA823 #23A86F

monochromatic

#430E3F #75186E #A8239E #D534C9 #DF66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A8239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A8239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8239E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8239E	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1556A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.210 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fbb',
    500: '#a8239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8239e;
$custom-light: #c66fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.511,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52118,
    "c": 0.21028,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8239E

secondary

#62C569

accent

#E84C3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8239E

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

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