#A238BF#A238BF

#A238BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.212 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238BF
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 62.10, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 80.02, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1578 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.212 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7171, 14.2725, 50.6803)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238BF #55BF38

analogous

#5E38BF #A238BF #BF3898

triadic

#A238BF #BFA238 #38BFA2

tetradic

#A238BF #BF5E38 #55BF38 #3898BF

square

#A238BF #BF5E38 #55BF38 #3898BF

split-complementary

#A238BF #98BF38 #38BF5E

monochromatic

#521C60 #7A2A90 #A238BF #BA63D1 #CF92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A238BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A238BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238BF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238BF	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.212 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d3',
    500: '#a238bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238bf;
$custom-light: #c178d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54985,
    "c": 0.21208,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238BF

secondary

#97CA89

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238BF

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

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