#A8499E#A8499E

#A8499E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.162 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8499E
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 158)
HSL	hsl(306, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 50.15, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 57.52, 330.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1431 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.162 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7025, 15.5602, 34.0435)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8499E #49A853

analogous

#8349A8 #A8499E #A8496E

triadic

#A8499E #9EA849 #499EA8

tetradic

#A8499E #A88349 #49A853 #496EA8

square

#A8499E #A88349 #49A853 #496EA8

split-complementary

#A8499E #6EA849 #49A883

monochromatic

#53244E #7D3676 #A8499E #C06EB7 #D399CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A8499E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A8499E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8499E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8499E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8499E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4565A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8499e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.162 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c481bb',
    500: '#a8499e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8499e;
$custom-light: #c481bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8499e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55872,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8499E

secondary

#8EBF93

accent

#CF6558

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8EFF6

border

#D1CAD0

text

#130B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8499E

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

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