#A8279B#A8279B

#A8279B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.204 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8279B
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(306, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 63.02, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 71.67, 331.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.1816 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.204 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7905, 12.1444, 32.1478)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8279B #27A834

analogous

#7527A8 #A8279B #A8275A

triadic

#A8279B #9BA827 #279BA8

tetradic

#A8279B #A87527 #27A834 #275AA8

square

#A8279B #A87527 #27A834 #275AA8

split-complementary

#A8279B #5AA827 #27A875

monochromatic

#45103F #761B6D #A8279B #D13BC2 #DD6CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#A8279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#A8279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8279B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8279B	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F569E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0365F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.204 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c670b9',
    500: '#a8279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8279b;
$custom-light: #c670b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.047,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52232,
    "c": 0.20438,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8279B

secondary

#67C371

accent

#E55342

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8279B

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

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