#A238B4#A238B4

#A238B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.202 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238B4
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 60.01, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 75.07, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1584 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.202 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5518, 13.8063, 44.5428)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238B4 #4AB438

analogous

#6438B4 #A238B4 #B43888

triadic

#A238B4 #B4A238 #38B4A2

tetradic

#A238B4 #B46438 #4AB438 #3888B4

square

#A238B4 #B46438 #4AB438 #3888B4

split-complementary

#A238B4 #88B438 #38B464

monochromatic

#4E1B57 #782985 #A238B4 #BC5DCD #CF8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#A238B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A238B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238B4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238B4	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A60B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.202 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178cb',
    500: '#a238b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238b4;
$custom-light: #c178cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.29,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.20236,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238B4

secondary

#8CC582

accent

#DC4C61

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238B4

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

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