#A9279E#A9279E

#A9279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.207 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9279E
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(305, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(305, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, 63.70, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 72.88, 330.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1827 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.207 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2593, 12.3566, 33.5012)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9279E #27A932

analogous

#7327A9 #A9279E #A9275D

triadic

#A9279E #9EA927 #279EA9

tetradic

#A9279E #A97327 #27A932 #275DA9

square

#A9279E #A97327 #27A932 #275DA9

split-complementary

#A9279E #5DA927 #27A973

monochromatic

#461041 #771C70 #A9279E #D23BC5 #DD6DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#A9279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A9279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9279E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9279E	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52699B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.207 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c670bb',
    500: '#a9279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9279e;
$custom-light: #c670bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52555,
    "c": 0.20706,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9279E

secondary

#68C470

accent

#E65042

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9279E

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

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