#A238C4#A238C4

#A238C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.217 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238C4
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 63.07, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 82.30, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.1574 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.217 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2768, 14.4963, 53.6278)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238C4 #5AC438

analogous

#5C38C4 #A238C4 #C438A0

triadic

#A238C4 #C4A238 #38C4A2

tetradic

#A238C4 #C45C38 #5AC438 #38A0C4

square

#A238C4 #C45C38 #5AC438 #38A0C4

split-complementary

#A238C4 #A0C438 #38C45C

monochromatic

#531D65 #7B2A94 #A238C4 #B966D3 #CF96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A238C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A238C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238C4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238C4	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.217 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278d7',
    500: '#a238c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238c4;
$custom-light: #c278d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55311,
    "c": 0.21653,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238C4

secondary

#9BCC8C

accent

#DF496D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238C4

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

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