#A838C3#A838C3

#A838C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.218 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838C3
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 64.12, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 81.89, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1647 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.218 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4117, 15.0946, 53.0888)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838C3 #53C338

analogous

#6338C3 #A838C3 #C33899

triadic

#A838C3 #C3A838 #38C3A8

tetradic

#A838C3 #C36338 #53C338 #3899C3

square

#A838C3 #C36338 #53C338 #3899C3

split-complementary

#A838C3 #99C338 #38C363

monochromatic

#561D64 #7F2A93 #A838C3 #BE65D3 #D295E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A838C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A838C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838C3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838C3	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4170C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.218 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679d6',
    500: '#a838c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838c3;
$custom-light: #c679d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.345,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5606,
    "c": 0.21799,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838C3

secondary

#98CC8B

accent

#DF4966

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838C3

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

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