#A838BD#A838BD

#A838BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.213 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838BD
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 63.00, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 79.21, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1651 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.213 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7469, 14.8287, 49.5876)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A838BD #4DBD38

analogous

#6538BD #A838BD #BD3890

triadic

#A838BD #BDA838 #38BDA8

tetradic

#A838BD #BD6538 #4DBD38 #3890BD

square

#A838BD #BD6538 #4DBD38 #3890BD

split-complementary

#A838BD #90BD38 #38BD65

monochromatic

#541C5F #7E2A8E #A838BD #BF62D0 #D291DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A838BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A838BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838BD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838BD	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.213 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679d1',
    500: '#a838bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838bd;
$custom-light: #c679d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55683,
    "c": 0.21279,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838BD

secondary

#92C987

accent

#DE4A61

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838BD

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

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