#A8249D#A8249D

#A8249D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.209 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8249D
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(305, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 64.19, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 73.42, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.1841 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.209 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8652, 12.0228, 33.0081)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8249D #24A82F

analogous

#7124A8 #A8249D #A8245B

triadic

#A8249D #9DA824 #249DA8

tetradic

#A8249D #A87124 #24A82F #245BA8

square

#A8249D #A87124 #24A82F #245BA8

split-complementary

#A8249D #5BA824 #24A871

monochromatic

#430E3F #76196E #A8249D #D435C7 #DF68D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#A8249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A8249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8249D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8249D	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1856A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.209 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fba',
    500: '#a8249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8249d;
$custom-light: #c66fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5213,
    "c": 0.20866,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8249D

secondary

#63C46B

accent

#E84E40

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8249D

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

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