#A038E1#A038E1

#A038E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.242 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A038E1
RGB	rgb(160, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 68.57, -66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 95.75, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1506 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.242 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4992, 15.7387, 72.7034)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A038E1 #79E138

analogous

#4B38E1 #A038E1 #E138CE

triadic

#A038E1 #E1A038 #38E1A0

tetradic

#A038E1 #E14B38 #79E138 #38CEE1

square

#A038E1 #E14B38 #79E138 #38CEE1

split-complementary

#A038E1 #CEE138 #38E14B

monochromatic

#5D158A #811DBF #A038E1 #B96DE9 #D3A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A038E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A038E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A038E1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A038E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A038E1	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a038e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.242 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c279eb',
    500: '#a038e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a038e1;
$custom-light: #c279eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a038e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57077,
    "c": 0.24223,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A038E1

secondary

#B2DE97

accent

#F0377F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A038E1

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

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