#A038BD#A038BD

#A038BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.209 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A038BD
RGB	rgb(160, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 61.28, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 79.09, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.1555 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.209 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0954, 13.9772, 49.5102)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A038BD #55BD38

analogous

#5D38BD #A038BD #BD3898

triadic

#A038BD #BDA038 #38BDA0

tetradic

#A038BD #BD5D38 #55BD38 #3898BD

square

#A038BD #BD5D38 #55BD38 #3898BD

split-complementary

#A038BD #98BD38 #38BD5D

monochromatic

#501C5F #782A8E #A038BD #B862D0 #CE91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#A038BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A038BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A038BD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A038BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A038BD	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a038bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.209 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078d1',
    500: '#a038bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a038bd;
$custom-light: #c078d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a038bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.917,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54585,
    "c": 0.20949,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A038BD

secondary

#96C987

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A038BD

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

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