#A238C5#A238C5

#A238C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.217 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238C5
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 63.26, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 82.76, 319.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1573 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.217 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3910, 14.5420, 54.2292)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238C5 #5BC538

analogous

#5B38C5 #A238C5 #C538A2

triadic

#A238C5 #C5A238 #38C5A2

tetradic

#A238C5 #C55B38 #5BC538 #38A2C5

square

#A238C5 #C55B38 #5BC538 #38A2C5

split-complementary

#A238C5 #A2C538 #38C55B

monochromatic

#541D66 #7B2A95 #A238C5 #B967D4 #CF96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A238C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A238C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238C5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238C5	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.217 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278d7',
    500: '#a238c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238c5;
$custom-light: #c278d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55377,
    "c": 0.21744,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238C5

secondary

#9CCD8C

accent

#DF496E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238C5

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

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