#A9279D#A9279D

#A9279D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.206 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9279D
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(306, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(306, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 63.55, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 72.50, 331.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1827 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.206 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1736, 12.3223, 33.0497)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9279D #27A933

analogous

#7427A9 #A9279D #A9275C

triadic

#A9279D #9DA927 #279DA9

tetradic

#A9279D #A97427 #27A933 #275CA9

square

#A9279D #A97427 #27A933 #275CA9

split-complementary

#A9279D #5CA927 #27A974

monochromatic

#461041 #771C6F #A9279D #D23BC4 #DD6DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A9279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A9279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9279D

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9279D	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53699A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.206 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c670ba',
    500: '#a9279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9279d;
$custom-light: #c670ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.525,
    "c": 0.20633,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9279D

secondary

#68C470

accent

#E65142

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9279D

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

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