#A838B3#A838B3

#A838B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.204 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838B3
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 61.18, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 74.83, 324.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.1654 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.204 324)
XYZ	xyz(25.6986, 14.4094, 44.0668)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838B3 #43B338

analogous

#6A38B3 #A838B3 #B33880

triadic

#A838B3 #B3A838 #38B3A8

tetradic

#A838B3 #B36A38 #43B338 #3880B3

square

#A838B3 #B36A38 #43B338 #3880B3

split-complementary

#A838B3 #80B338 #38B36A

monochromatic

#501B56 #7C2984 #A838B3 #C25CCC #D38BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A838B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A838B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838B3

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838B3	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1861B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.204 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578ca',
    500: '#a838b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838b3;
$custom-light: #c578ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.634,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55076,
    "c": 0.20426,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.14408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838B3

secondary

#88C582

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838B3

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

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