#A238BB#A238BB

#A238BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.209 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238BB
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 61.33, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 78.21, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1581 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.209 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2829, 14.0988, 48.3937)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238BB #51BB38

analogous

#6138BB #A238BB #BB3892

triadic

#A238BB #BBA238 #38BBA2

tetradic

#A238BB #BB6138 #51BB38 #3892BB

square

#A238BB #BB6138 #51BB38 #3892BB

split-complementary

#A238BB #92BB38 #38BB61

monochromatic

#501C5D #792A8C #A238BB #BA61D0 #CF90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#A238BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A238BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238BB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238BB	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.209 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d0',
    500: '#a238bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238bb;
$custom-light: #c178d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.55,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5473,
    "c": 0.20852,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238BB

secondary

#93C886

accent

#DD4B67

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238BB

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

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