#A238C3#A238C3

#A238C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.216 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238C3
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 62.87, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 81.85, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1575 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.216 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1633, 14.4509, 53.0303)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238C3 #59C338

analogous

#5C38C3 #A238C3 #C3389F

triadic

#A238C3 #C3A238 #38C3A2

tetradic

#A238C3 #C35C38 #59C338 #389FC3

square

#A238C3 #C35C38 #59C338 #389FC3

split-complementary

#A238C3 #9FC338 #38C35C

monochromatic

#531D64 #7B2A93 #A238C3 #B965D3 #CF95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A238C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A238C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238C3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238C3	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.216 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d6',
    500: '#a238c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238c3;
$custom-light: #c178d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.755,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.21564,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238C3

secondary

#9ACC8B

accent

#DF496D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238C3

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

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