#A138C6#A138C6

#A138C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.218 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A138C6
RGB	rgb(161, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 63.25, -54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 83.22, 319.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.156 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.218 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3035, 14.4836, 54.8252)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A138C6 #5DC638

analogous

#5A38C6 #A138C6 #C638A4

triadic

#A138C6 #C6A138 #38C6A1

tetradic

#A138C6 #C65A38 #5DC638 #38A4C6

square

#A138C6 #C65A38 #5DC638 #38A4C6

split-complementary

#A138C6 #A4C638 #38C65A

monochromatic

#531D67 #7A2B96 #A138C6 #B867D4 #CE97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A138C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A138C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A138C6

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A138C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A138C6	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a138c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.218 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d8',
    500: '#a138c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a138c6;
$custom-light: #c178d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a138c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.366,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55309,
    "c": 0.21797,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A138C6

secondary

#9ECD8D

accent

#DF4970

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A138C6

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

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