#A038C5#A038C5

#A038C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.217 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A038C5
RGB	rgb(160, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 62.85, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 82.76, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% 0.1548 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.217 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9878, 14.3341, 54.2103)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A038C5 #5DC538

analogous

#5938C5 #A038C5 #C538A4

triadic

#A038C5 #C5A038 #38C5A0

tetradic

#A038C5 #C55938 #5DC538 #38A4C5

square

#A038C5 #C55938 #5DC538 #38A4C5

split-complementary

#A038C5 #A4C538 #38C559

monochromatic

#531D66 #792A95 #A038C5 #B767D4 #CE96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#A038C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A038C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A038C5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A038C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A038C5	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a038c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.217 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078d7',
    500: '#a038c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a038c5;
$custom-light: #c078d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a038c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55109,
    "c": 0.2167,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A038C5

secondary

#9DCD8C

accent

#DF4970

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A038C5

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

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