#A8259B#A8259B

#A8259B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.206 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8259B
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(306, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 63.60, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 72.34, 331.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1833 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.206 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7265, 12.0165, 32.1265)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8259B #25A832

analogous

#7325A8 #A8259B #A8255A

triadic

#A8259B #9BA825 #259BA8

tetradic

#A8259B #A87325 #25A832 #255AA8

square

#A8259B #A87325 #25A832 #255AA8

split-complementary

#A8259B #5AA825 #25A873

monochromatic

#440F3E #761A6D #A8259B #D337C4 #DE69D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#A8259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A8259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8259B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8259B	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)

#1D559E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0345F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.206 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fb9',
    500: '#a8259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8259b;
$custom-light: #c66fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.954,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52088,
    "c": 0.2063,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8259B

secondary

#65C46E

accent

#E75141

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8259B

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

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