#A8259A#A8259A

#A8259A is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.206 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8259A
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(306, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 63.45, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 71.96, 331.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.1832 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.206 333)
XYZ	xyz(22.6429, 11.9830, 31.6860)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8259A #25A833

analogous

#7425A8 #A8259A #A82559

triadic

#A8259A #9AA825 #259AA8

tetradic

#A8259A #A87425 #25A833 #2559A8

square

#A8259A #A87425 #25A833 #2559A8

split-complementary

#A8259A #59A825 #25A874

monochromatic

#440F3E #761A6C #A8259A #D337C2 #DE69D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A8259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A8259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8259A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8259A	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)

#1E559D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0345E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.206 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fb8',
    500: '#a8259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8259a;
$custom-light: #c66fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.412,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52032,
    "c": 0.20558,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.11981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8259A

secondary

#65C46F

accent

#E75341

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8259A

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

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