#A238BE#A238BE

#A238BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.211 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238BE
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 61.90, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 79.57, 321.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1579 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.211 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6075, 14.2286, 50.1027)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238BE #54BE38

analogous

#5F38BE #A238BE #BE3897

triadic

#A238BE #BEA238 #38BEA2

tetradic

#A238BE #BE5F38 #54BE38 #3897BE

square

#A238BE #BE5F38 #54BE38 #3897BE

split-complementary

#A238BE #97BE38 #38BE5F

monochromatic

#511C5F #7A2A8F #A238BE #BA62D1 #CF92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A238BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A238BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238BE

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238BE	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.211 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d2',
    500: '#a238be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238be;
$custom-light: #c178d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.463,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54921,
    "c": 0.21118,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238BE

secondary

#96CA88

accent

#DE4A69

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238BE

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

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