#A238AA#A238AA

#A238AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.194 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238AA
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(296, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 58.18, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 70.67, 325.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1585 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.194 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5696, 13.4134, 39.3700)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238AA #40AA38

analogous

#6938AA #A238AA #AA3879

triadic

#A238AA #AAA238 #38AAA2

tetradic

#A238AA #AA6938 #40AA38 #3879AA

square

#A238AA #AA6938 #40AA38 #3879AA

split-complementary

#A238AA #79AA38 #38AA69

monochromatic

#4A1A4E #76297C #A238AA #C057C8 #D185D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#A238AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#A238AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238AA

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238AA	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.194 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c4',
    500: '#a238aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238aa;
$custom-light: #c177c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.789,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53696,
    "c": 0.1937,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238AA

secondary

#82C17D

accent

#DA4E58

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238AA

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

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