#A9239E#A9239E

#A9239E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.211 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9239E
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 64.83, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 74.16, 330.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.186 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.211 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1348, 12.1077, 33.4597)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9239E #23A92E

analogous

#7123A9 #A9239E #A9235B

triadic

#A9239E #9EA923 #239EA9

tetradic

#A9239E #A97123 #23A92E #235BA9

square

#A9239E #A97123 #23A92E #235BA9

split-complementary

#A9239E #5BA923 #23A971

monochromatic

#440E3F #76196F #A9239E #D534C8 #DF67D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A9239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A9239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9239E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9239E	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1656A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.211 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76fbb',
    500: '#a9239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9239e;
$custom-light: #c76fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52276,
    "c": 0.21077,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9239E

secondary

#63C56B

accent

#E94D3F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9239E

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

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