#A838C4#A838C4

#A838C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.219 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838C4
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 64.31, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 82.33, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1646 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.219 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5251, 15.1400, 53.6863)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838C4 #54C438

analogous

#6238C4 #A838C4 #C4389A

triadic

#A838C4 #C4A838 #38C4A8

tetradic

#A838C4 #C46238 #54C438 #389AC4

square

#A838C4 #C46238 #54C438 #389AC4

split-complementary

#A838C4 #9AC438 #38C462

monochromatic

#561D65 #7F2A94 #A838C4 #BD66D3 #D296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A838C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A838C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838C4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838C4	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4070C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.219 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679d6',
    500: '#a838c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838c4;
$custom-light: #c679d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56124,
    "c": 0.21886,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838C4

secondary

#99CC8C

accent

#DF4967

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838C4

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

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