#A238BD#A238BD

#A238BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.210 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238BD
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, 61.71, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 79.12, 321.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1579 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.21 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4985, 14.1850, 49.5291)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238BD #53BD38

analogous

#6038BD #A238BD #BD3895

triadic

#A238BD #BDA238 #38BDA2

tetradic

#A238BD #BD6038 #53BD38 #3895BD

square

#A238BD #BD6038 #53BD38 #3895BD

split-complementary

#A238BD #95BD38 #38BD60

monochromatic

#511C5F #7A2A8E #A238BD #BA62D0 #CF91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A238BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A238BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238BD

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238BD	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.210 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d1',
    500: '#a238bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238bd;
$custom-light: #c178d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.82,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54857,
    "c": 0.2103,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238BD

secondary

#95C987

accent

#DE4A68

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238BD

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

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