#A238B7#A238B7

#A238B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.205 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238B7
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 60.57, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 76.41, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1583 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.205 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8607, 13.9299, 46.1698)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238B7 #4DB738

analogous

#6338B7 #A238B7 #B7388D

triadic

#A238B7 #B7A238 #38B7A2

tetradic

#A238B7 #B76338 #4DB738 #388DB7

square

#A238B7 #B76338 #4DB738 #388DB7

split-complementary

#A238B7 #8DB738 #38B763

monochromatic

#4F1B59 #792A88 #A238B7 #BB5ECE #CF8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#A238B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#A238B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238B7

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238B7	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.205 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178cd',
    500: '#a238b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238b7;
$custom-light: #c178cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.079,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54479,
    "c": 0.20499,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238B7

secondary

#8FC784

accent

#DD4B63

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238B7

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

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