#A038D9#A038D9

#A038D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.235 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A038D9
RGB	rgb(160, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 66.90, -63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 92.03, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.152 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.235 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4333, 15.3123, 67.0899)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A038D9 #71D938

analogous

#4F38D9 #A038D9 #D938C1

triadic

#A038D9 #D9A038 #38D9A0

tetradic

#A038D9 #D94F38 #71D938 #38C1D9

square

#A038D9 #D94F38 #71D938 #38C1D9

split-complementary

#A038D9 #C1D938 #38D94F

monochromatic

#5A187E #7F22B2 #A038D9 #B96BE3 #D19FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A038D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A038D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A038D9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A038D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A038D9	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a038d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.235 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179e6',
    500: '#a038d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a038d9;
$custom-light: #c179e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a038d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.758,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56495,
    "c": 0.2349,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A038D9

secondary

#ACD994

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A038D9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →