#A238B8#A238B8

#A238B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.206 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238B8
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 60.76, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 76.86, 322.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1582 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.206 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9651, 13.9717, 46.7199)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238B8 #4EB838

analogous

#6238B8 #A238B8 #B8388E

triadic

#A238B8 #B8A238 #38B8A2

tetradic

#A238B8 #B86238 #4EB838 #388EB8

square

#A238B8 #B86238 #4EB838 #388EB8

split-complementary

#A238B8 #8EB838 #38B862

monochromatic

#4F1B5A #792A89 #A238B8 #BB5FCE #CF8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#A238B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#A238B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238B8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238B8	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.206 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178ce',
    500: '#a238b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238b8;
$custom-light: #c178ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.688,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54541,
    "c": 0.20587,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238B8

secondary

#90C785

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238B8

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

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