#A238BC#A238BC

#A238BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.209 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238BC
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 61.52, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 78.66, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.158 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.209 319)
XYZ	xyz(25.3904, 14.1418, 48.9594)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238BC #52BC38

analogous

#6038BC #A238BC #BC3894

triadic

#A238BC #BCA238 #38BCA2

tetradic

#A238BC #BC6038 #52BC38 #3894BC

square

#A238BC #BC6038 #52BC38 #3894BC

split-complementary

#A238BC #94BC38 #38BC60

monochromatic

#511C5E #792A8D #A238BC #BA61D0 #CF90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A238BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A238BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238BC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238BC	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.209 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d1',
    500: '#a238bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238bc;
$custom-light: #c178d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54793,
    "c": 0.20941,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.14141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238BC

secondary

#94C987

accent

#DD4A67

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238BC

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

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