#A838BA#A838BA

#A838BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.210 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838BA
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 62.45, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 77.89, 323.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1652 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.21 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4246, 14.6998, 47.8903)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838BA #4ABA38

analogous

#6738BA #A838BA #BA388B

triadic

#A838BA #BAA838 #38BAA8

tetradic

#A838BA #BA6738 #4ABA38 #388BBA

square

#A838BA #BA6738 #4ABA38 #388BBA

split-complementary

#A838BA #8BBA38 #38BA67

monochromatic

#531C5C #7E2A8B #A838BA #C060CF #D28FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A838BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A838BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838BA

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838BA	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0263BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.210 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578cf',
    500: '#a838ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838ba;
$custom-light: #c578cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55498,
    "c": 0.21021,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838BA

secondary

#8FC886

accent

#DD4B5F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838BA

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

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