#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
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 64.68, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 73.78, 331.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.22% 0.1859 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(52.22% 0.21 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0491, 12.0734, 33.0082)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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
##A9239D	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9239D

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

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