#A838B8#A838B8

#A838B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.209 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838B8
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(293, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 62.09, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 77.01, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1653 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.209 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2135, 14.6153, 46.7784)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838B8 #48B838

analogous

#6838B8 #A838B8 #B83888

triadic

#A838B8 #B8A838 #38B8A8

tetradic

#A838B8 #B86838 #48B838 #3888B8

square

#A838B8 #B86838 #48B838 #3888B8

split-complementary

#A838B8 #88B838 #38B868

monochromatic

#521B5A #7D2A89 #A838B8 #C05FCE #D38EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A838B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A838B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838B8

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838B8	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A63BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.209 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578ce',
    500: '#a838b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838b8;
$custom-light: #c578ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55376,
    "c": 0.20851,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838B8

secondary

#8DC785

accent

#DD4B5D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838B8

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

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