#A8249E#A8249E

#A8249E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.209 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8249E
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(305, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 64.34, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 73.81, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1842 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.209 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9509, 12.0571, 33.4596)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8249E #24A82E

analogous

#7024A8 #A8249E #A8245C

triadic

#A8249E #9EA824 #249EA8

tetradic

#A8249E #A87024 #24A82E #245CA8

square

#A8249E #A87024 #24A82E #245CA8

split-complementary

#A8249E #5CA824 #24A870

monochromatic

#430E3F #76196F #A8249E #D435C8 #DF68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#A8249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#A8249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8249E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8249E	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1656A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.209 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fbb',
    500: '#a8249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8249e;
$custom-light: #c66fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52186,
    "c": 0.20939,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8249E

secondary

#63C46B

accent

#E84D40

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8249E

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

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