#A8259E#A8259E

#A8259E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.208 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8259E
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(305, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 64.06, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 73.49, 330.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1833 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.208 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9816, 12.1185, 33.4698)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8259E #25A82F

analogous

#7025A8 #A8259E #A8255D

triadic

#A8259E #9EA825 #259EA8

tetradic

#A8259E #A87025 #25A82F #255DA8

square

#A8259E #A87025 #25A82F #255DA8

split-complementary

#A8259E #5DA825 #25A870

monochromatic

#440F40 #761A6F #A8259E #D337C7 #DE69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#A8259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A8259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8259E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8259E	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1856A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.208 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66fbb',
    500: '#a8259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8259e;
$custom-light: #c66fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.58,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52255,
    "c": 0.20847,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8259E

secondary

#65C46C

accent

#E74E41

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8259E

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

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