#A238D4#A238D4

#A238D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.231 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238D4
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 66.25, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 89.66, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1554 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.231 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1960, 15.2640, 63.7355)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238D4 #6AD438

analogous

#5438D4 #A238D4 #D438B8

triadic

#A238D4 #D4A238 #38D4A2

tetradic

#A238D4 #D45438 #6AD438 #38B8D4

square

#A238D4 #D45438 #6AD438 #38B8D4

split-complementary

#A238D4 #B8D438 #38D454

monochromatic

#5A1A78 #7F25AA #A238D4 #BA6ADF #D19DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A238D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A238D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238D4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238D4	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#236FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.231 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c279e2',
    500: '#a238d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238d4;
$custom-light: #c279e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56397,
    "c": 0.23095,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238D4

secondary

#A8D692

accent

#E74076

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238D4

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

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