#A238AC#A238AC

#A238AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.195 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238AC
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(295, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, 58.54, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 71.54, 324.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1585 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.195 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7602, 13.4897, 40.3740)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238AC #42AC38

analogous

#6838AC #A238AC #AC387C

triadic

#A238AC #ACA238 #38ACA2

tetradic

#A238AC #AC6838 #42AC38 #387CAC

square

#A238AC #AC6838 #42AC38 #387CAC

split-complementary

#A238AC #7CAC38 #38AC68

monochromatic

#4B1A50 #77297E #A238AC #BF58C9 #D187D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A238AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A238AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238AC

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238AC	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D5FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.195 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c5',
    500: '#a238ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238ac;
$custom-light: #c177c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53813,
    "c": 0.19542,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238AC

secondary

#84C27E

accent

#DA4D5A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238AC

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

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