#A9239D#A9239D

#A9239D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.210 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9239D
RGBrgb(169, 35, 157)
HSLhsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSVhsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.3%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(41.33, 64.68, -35.50)
CIE-LCHlch(41.33, 73.78, 331.23°)
OKLaboklab(52.22% 0.1859 -0.0977)
OKLCHoklch(52.22% 0.21 332.3)
XYZxyz(23.0491, 12.0734, 33.0082)
Luminance0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9239D #23A92F
analogous
#7223A9 #A9239D #A9235A
triadic
#A9239D #9DA923 #239DA9
tetradic
#A9239D #A97223 #23A92F #235AA9
square
#A9239D #A97223 #23A92F #235AA9
split-complementary
#A9239D #5AA923 #23A972
monochromatic
#440E3F #76196E #A9239D #D534C7 #DF67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15
#A9239D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41
#A9239D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9239D
6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9239D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A9239D1.006.153.416.15
#FFFFFF6.151.0021.001.00
#0000003.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1856A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#52689A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B03460
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.210 332.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76fba',
    500: '#a9239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9239d;
$custom-light: #c76fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.373,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5222,
    "c": 0.21006,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9239D
secondary
#63C56B
accent
#E94E3F
background
#FCF7FB
surface
#F9EDF6
border
#D2C8D0
text
#140812
muted
#827B81

Preview Lab

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#A9239D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva