#A2238E#A2238E

#A2238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.196 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2238E
RGB	rgb(162, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(309, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(309, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 12.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 60.90, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 67.74, 334.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1783 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.196 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3841, 10.8383, 26.6044)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2238E #23A237

analogous

#7623A2 #A2238E #A2234E

triadic

#A2238E #8EA223 #238EA2

tetradic

#A2238E #A27623 #23A237 #234EA2

square

#A2238E #A27623 #23A237 #234EA2

split-complementary

#A2238E #4EA223 #23A276

monochromatic

#3D0D36 #701862 #A2238E #D230B9 #DD62CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#A2238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A2238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2238E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2238E	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53638B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA2E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.196 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16daf',
    500: '#a2238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2238e;
$custom-light: #c16daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.449,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50282,
    "c": 0.19588,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2238E

secondary

#5EC26E

accent

#E75B40

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2238E

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

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