#A238D9#A238D9

#A238D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.235 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A238D9
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 67.27, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 91.98, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1546 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.235 311)
XYZ	xyz(28.8365, 15.5202, 67.1088)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A238D9 #6FD938

analogous

#5138D9 #A238D9 #D938BF

triadic

#A238D9 #D9A238 #38D9A2

tetradic

#A238D9 #D95138 #6FD938 #38BFD9

square

#A238D9 #D95138 #6FD938 #38BFD9

split-complementary

#A238D9 #BFD938 #38D951

monochromatic

#5C187E #8122B2 #A238D9 #BA6BE3 #D29FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A238D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A238D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A238D9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A238D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A238D9	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1770D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a238d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.235 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c379e6',
    500: '#a238d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a238d9;
$custom-light: #c379e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a238d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.503,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5675,
    "c": 0.23548,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.15519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A238D9

secondary

#ABD994

accent

#EB3D78

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A238D9

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

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