#A838B4#A838B4

#A838B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.205 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838B4
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(294, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 61.36, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 75.27, 324.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1653 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.205 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8001, 14.4500, 44.6013)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838B4 #44B438

analogous

#6A38B4 #A838B4 #B43882

triadic

#A838B4 #B4A838 #38B4A8

tetradic

#A838B4 #B46A38 #44B438 #3882B4

square

#A838B4 #B46A38 #44B438 #3882B4

split-complementary

#A838B4 #82B438 #38B46A

monochromatic

#511B57 #7C2985 #A838B4 #C25DCD #D38BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A838B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A838B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838B4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838B4	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1562B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.205 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578cb',
    500: '#a838b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838b4;
$custom-light: #c578cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55135,
    "c": 0.2051,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838B4

secondary

#89C582

accent

#DC4C5A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838B4

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

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