#A8259D#A8259D

#A8259D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.208 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8259D
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(305, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 63.91, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 73.10, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.1833 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.208 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8959, 12.0842, 33.0184)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8259D #25A830

analogous

#7125A8 #A8259D #A8255C

triadic

#A8259D #9DA825 #259DA8

tetradic

#A8259D #A87125 #25A830 #255CA8

square

#A8259D #A87125 #25A830 #255CA8

split-complementary

#A8259D #5CA825 #25A871

monochromatic

#440F3F #761A6E #A8259D #D337C6 #DE69D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#A8259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A8259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8259D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8259D	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A56A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.208 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fba',
    500: '#a8259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8259d;
$custom-light: #c66fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.038,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52199,
    "c": 0.20774,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8259D

secondary

#65C46D

accent

#E74F41

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8259D

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

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