#A138D4#A138D4

#A138D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.231 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A138D4
RGB	rgb(161, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 66.06, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 89.68, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1541 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.231 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9936, 15.1596, 63.7260)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A138D4 #6BD438

analogous

#5338D4 #A138D4 #D438B9

triadic

#A138D4 #D4A138 #38D4A1

tetradic

#A138D4 #D45338 #6BD438 #38B9D4

square

#A138D4 #D45338 #6BD438 #38B9D4

split-complementary

#A138D4 #B9D438 #38D453

monochromatic

#591A78 #7E25AA #A138D4 #B96ADF #D19DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A138D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A138D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A138D4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A138D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A138D4	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a138d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.231 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c279e2',
    500: '#a138d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a138d4;
$custom-light: #c279e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a138d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56268,
    "c": 0.23063,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A138D4

secondary

#A8D692

accent

#E74077

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A138D4

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

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