#A8409B#A8409B

#A8409B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.174 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8409B
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 155)
HSL	hsl(308, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 53.75, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 61.05, 331.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1546 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.174 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8983, 14.3600, 32.5170)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8409B #40A84D

analogous

#8140A8 #A8409B #A84067

triadic

#A8409B #9BA840 #409BA8

tetradic

#A8409B #A88140 #40A84D #4067A8

square

#A8409B #A88140 #40A84D #4067A8

split-complementary

#A8409B #67A840 #40A881

monochromatic

#4F1E49 #7C2F72 #A8409B #C362B7 #D48ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#A8409B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A8409B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8409B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8409B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8409B	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D609E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF4867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8409b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.174 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57cb9',
    500: '#a8409b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8409b;
$custom-light: #c57cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8409b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5462,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8409B

secondary

#85BF8C

accent

#D56353

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A11

muted

#827C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8409B

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

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