#A8409C#A8409C

#A8409C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.174 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8409C
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 156)
HSL	hsl(307, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 53.92, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 61.45, 331.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1547 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.174 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9826, 14.3937, 32.9612)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8409C #40A84C

analogous

#8040A8 #A8409C #A84068

triadic

#A8409C #9CA840 #409CA8

tetradic

#A8409C #A88040 #40A84C #4068A8

square

#A8409C #A88040 #40A84C #4068A8

split-complementary

#A8409C #68A840 #40A880

monochromatic

#4F1E4A #7C2F73 #A8409C #C362B8 #D48ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A8409C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A8409C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8409C

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8409C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8409C	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C609F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF4968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8409c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.174 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57cb9',
    500: '#a8409c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8409c;
$custom-light: #c57cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8409c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.923,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5467,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8409C

secondary

#85BF8B

accent

#D56253

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A11

muted

#827C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8409C

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

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