#A138BE#A138BE

#A138BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.211 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A138BE
RGB	rgb(161, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 61.69, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 79.56, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.1567 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.211 318)
XYZ	xyz(25.4051, 14.1242, 50.0933)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A138BE #55BE38

analogous

#5E38BE #A138BE #BE3898

triadic

#A138BE #BEA138 #38BEA1

tetradic

#A138BE #BE5E38 #55BE38 #3898BE

square

#A138BE #BE5E38 #55BE38 #3898BE

split-complementary

#A138BE #98BE38 #38BE5E

monochromatic

#511C5F #792A8F #A138BE #B962D1 #CE92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A138BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A138BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A138BE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A138BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A138BE	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a138be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.211 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d2',
    500: '#a138be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a138be;
$custom-light: #c178d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a138be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54785,
    "c": 0.21078,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.14123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A138BE

secondary

#96CA88

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A138BE

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

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