#A8359D#A8359D

#A8359D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.190 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8359D
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(306, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(306, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 58.58, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 67.01, 330.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1678 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.19 332)
XYZ	xyz(23.5074, 13.3072, 33.2222)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8359D #35A840

analogous

#7935A8 #A8359D #A83563

triadic

#A8359D #9DA835 #359DA8

tetradic

#A8359D #A87935 #35A840 #3563A8

square

#A8359D #A87935 #35A840 #3563A8

split-complementary

#A8359D #63A835 #35A879

monochromatic

#4B1846 #792672 #A8359D #C852BD #D780CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#A8359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A8359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8359D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8359D	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF4165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.190 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c576ba',
    500: '#a8359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8359d;
$custom-light: #c576ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.739,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53546,
    "c": 0.19013,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.13305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8359D

secondary

#78C07F

accent

#DB5A4C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8359D

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

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