#A138C5#A138C5

#A138C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.217 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A138C5
RGB	rgb(161, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 63.06, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 82.76, 319.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1561 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.217 316)
XYZ	xyz(26.1886, 14.4376, 54.2197)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A138C5 #5CC538

analogous

#5B38C5 #A138C5 #C538A3

triadic

#A138C5 #C5A138 #38C5A1

tetradic

#A138C5 #C55B38 #5CC538 #38A3C5

square

#A138C5 #C55B38 #5CC538 #38A3C5

split-complementary

#A138C5 #A3C538 #38C55B

monochromatic

#531D66 #7A2A95 #A138C5 #B867D4 #CE96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A138C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A138C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A138C5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A138C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A138C5	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a138c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.217 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d7',
    500: '#a138c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a138c5;
$custom-light: #c178d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a138c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55243,
    "c": 0.21706,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.14437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A138C5

secondary

#9DCD8C

accent

#DF496F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A138C5

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

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