#A0238E#A0238E

#A0238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.195 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0238E
RGB	rgb(160, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(309, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(309, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 60.44, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 67.60, 333.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1763 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.195 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9810, 10.6304, 26.5855)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0238E #23A035

analogous

#7323A0 #A0238E #A0234F

triadic

#A0238E #8EA023 #238EA0

tetradic

#A0238E #A07323 #23A035 #234FA0

square

#A0238E #A07323 #23A035 #234FA0

split-complementary

#A0238E #4FA023 #23A073

monochromatic

#3C0D35 #6E1861 #A0238E #D12FBA #DC61CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A0238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A0238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0238E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0238E	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A82F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.195 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06daf',
    500: '#a0238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0238e;
$custom-light: #c06daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.64,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4996,
    "c": 0.19481,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0238E

secondary

#5DC16C

accent

#E75941

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0238E

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

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