#A238A2#A238A2

#A238A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.187 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238A2
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 162)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 56.77, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 67.24, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.1582 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.187 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8357, 13.1199, 35.5050)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238A2 #38A238

analogous

#6D38A2 #A238A2 #A2386D

triadic

#A238A2 #A2A238 #38A2A2

tetradic

#A238A2 #A26D38 #38A238 #386DA2

square

#A238A2 #A26D38 #38A238 #386DA2

split-complementary

#A238A2 #6DA238 #38A26D

monochromatic

#471947 #752875 #A238A2 #C453C4 #D381D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#A238A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#A238A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238A2

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238A2	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.187 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177be',
    500: '#a238a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238a2;
$custom-light: #c177be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5324,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238A2

secondary

#79BD79

accent

#D85050

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238A2

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

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