#A838CA#A838CA

#A838CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.224 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838CA
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 65.46, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 85.03, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1641 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.224 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2217, 15.4186, 57.3552)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838CA #5ACA38

analogous

#5F38CA #A838CA #CA38A3

triadic

#A838CA #CAA838 #38CAA8

tetradic

#A838CA #CA5F38 #5ACA38 #38A3CA

square

#A838CA #CA5F38 #5ACA38 #38A3CA

split-complementary

#A838CA #A3CA38 #38CA5F

monochromatic

#591D6B #81299B #A838CA #BD68D7 #D299E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A838CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A838CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838CA

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838CA	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.224 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679db',
    500: '#a838ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838ca;
$custom-light: #c679db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.2241,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838CA

secondary

#9ECF8E

accent

#E1476B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838CA

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

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