#A8259C#A8259C

#A8259C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.207 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8259C
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(305, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 63.76, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 72.72, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1833 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.207 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8109, 12.0502, 32.5706)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8259C #25A831

analogous

#7225A8 #A8259C #A8255B

triadic

#A8259C #9CA825 #259CA8

tetradic

#A8259C #A87225 #25A831 #255BA8

square

#A8259C #A87225 #25A831 #255BA8

split-complementary

#A8259C #5BA825 #25A872

monochromatic

#440F3F #761A6D #A8259C #D337C5 #DE69D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#A8259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#A8259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8259C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8259C	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)

#1B569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF355F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.207 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fb9',
    500: '#a8259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8259c;
$custom-light: #c66fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.496,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52143,
    "c": 0.20702,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8259C

secondary

#65C46D

accent

#E75041

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8259C

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

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