#A0238C#A0238C

#A0238C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.193 H 335.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0238C
RGB	rgb(160, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(310, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(310, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 12.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 60.15, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 66.86, 334.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1762 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.193 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8322, 10.5709, 25.8018)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0238C #23A037

analogous

#7523A0 #A0238C #A0234D

triadic

#A0238C #8CA023 #238CA0

tetradic

#A0238C #A07523 #23A037 #234DA0

square

#A0238C #A07523 #23A037 #234DA0

split-complementary

#A0238C #4DA023 #23A075

monochromatic

#3C0D34 #6E1860 #A0238C #D12FB7 #DC61C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A0238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A0238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0238C

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0238C	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24508F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A82E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.193 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06dae',
    500: '#a0238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0238c;
$custom-light: #c06dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49852,
    "c": 0.1934,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0238C

secondary

#5DC16D

accent

#E75B41

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0238C

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

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