#A238B2#A238B2

#A238B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.201 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238B2
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 59.64, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 74.18, 323.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1584 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.201 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3495, 13.7254, 43.4776)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238B2 #48B238

analogous

#6538B2 #A238B2 #B23885

triadic

#A238B2 #B2A238 #38B2A2

tetradic

#A238B2 #B26538 #48B238 #3885B2

square

#A238B2 #B26538 #48B238 #3885B2

split-complementary

#A238B2 #85B238 #38B265

monochromatic

#4D1B55 #782983 #A238B2 #BD5CCC #D08ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#A238B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A238B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238B2

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238B2	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1160B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.201 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178c9',
    500: '#a238b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238b2;
$custom-light: #c178c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.131,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54172,
    "c": 0.20061,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238B2

secondary

#8AC581

accent

#DC4C5F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238B2

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

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