#A3238E#A3238E

#A3238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.196 H 335.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3238E
RGB	rgb(163, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(310, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(310, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 12.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 61.12, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 67.82, 334.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% 0.1793 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.196 335.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5881, 10.9435, 26.6140)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3238E #23A338

analogous

#7823A3 #A3238E #A3234E

triadic

#A3238E #8EA323 #238EA3

tetradic

#A3238E #A37823 #23A338 #234EA3

square

#A3238E #A37823 #23A338 #234EA3

split-complementary

#A3238E #4EA323 #23A378

monochromatic

#3E0D36 #711862 #A3238E #D331B8 #DD63C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A3238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A3238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3238E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3238E	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC2E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.196 335.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26daf',
    500: '#a3238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3238e;
$custom-light: #c26daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.844,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50443,
    "c": 0.19643,
    "h": 335.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3238E

secondary

#5FC36F

accent

#E85C40

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3238E

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

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