#A038CD#A038CD

#A038CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.224 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A038CD
RGB	rgb(160, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 64.45, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 86.46, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1539 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.224 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9289, 14.7106, 59.1667)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A038CD #65CD38

analogous

#5538CD #A038CD #CD38AF

triadic

#A038CD #CDA038 #38CDA0

tetradic

#A038CD #CD5538 #65CD38 #38AFCD

square

#A038CD #CD5538 #65CD38 #38AFCD

split-complementary

#A038CD #AFCD38 #38CD55

monochromatic

#561C6F #7C28A0 #A038CD #B769D9 #CF9AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A038CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A038CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A038CD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A038CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A038CD	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a038cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.224 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178dd',
    500: '#a038cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a038cd;
$custom-light: #c178dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a038cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.879,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55651,
    "c": 0.22395,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A038CD

secondary

#A3D18F

accent

#E34575

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A038CD

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

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