#A038B8#A038B8

#A038B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.205 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A038B8
RGB	rgb(160, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 60.32, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 76.82, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1558 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.205 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5620, 13.7638, 46.7010)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A038B8 #50B838

analogous

#6038B8 #A038B8 #B83890

triadic

#A038B8 #B8A038 #38B8A0

tetradic

#A038B8 #B86038 #50B838 #3890B8

square

#A038B8 #B86038 #50B838 #3890B8

split-complementary

#A038B8 #90B838 #38B860

monochromatic

#4E1B5A #772A89 #A038B8 #B95FCE #CE8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#A038B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#A038B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A038B8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A038B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A038B8	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a038b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.205 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078ce',
    500: '#a038b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a038b8;
$custom-light: #c078ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a038b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54266,
    "c": 0.20503,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A038B8

secondary

#91C785

accent

#DD4B66

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A038B8

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

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