#A9239C#A9239C

#A9239C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.209 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9239C
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(306, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 7.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 64.52, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 73.40, 331.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.1859 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.209 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9641, 12.0394, 32.5604)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9239C #23A930

analogous

#7323A9 #A9239C #A92359

triadic

#A9239C #9CA923 #239CA9

tetradic

#A9239C #A97323 #23A930 #2359A9

square

#A9239C #A97323 #23A930 #2359A9

split-complementary

#A9239C #59A923 #23A973

monochromatic

#440E3E #76196D #A9239C #D534C5 #DF67D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#A9239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#A9239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9239C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9239C	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1335F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.209 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76fb9',
    500: '#a9239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9239c;
$custom-light: #c76fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.821,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52164,
    "c": 0.20935,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9239C

secondary

#63C56C

accent

#E9503F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9239C

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

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