#A238B0#A238B0

#A238B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.199 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238B0
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 68.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 59.27, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 73.29, 323.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1585 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.199 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1502, 13.6457, 42.4277)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238B0 #46B038

analogous

#6638B0 #A238B0 #B03882

triadic

#A238B0 #B0A238 #38B0A2

tetradic

#A238B0 #B06638 #46B038 #3882B0

square

#A238B0 #B06638 #46B038 #3882B0

split-complementary

#A238B0 #82B038 #38B066

monochromatic

#4D1A53 #772982 #A238B0 #BE5BCB #D089D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#A238B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A238B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238B0

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238B0	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#155FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.199 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c8',
    500: '#a238b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238b0;
$custom-light: #c177c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54051,
    "c": 0.19887,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238B0

secondary

#88C480

accent

#DB4D5D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238B0

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

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