#A838CD#A838CD

#A838CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.227 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838CD
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 66.03, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 86.39, 319.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1638 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.227 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5804, 15.5621, 59.2441)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838CD #5DCD38

analogous

#5D38CD #A838CD #CD38A7

triadic

#A838CD #CDA838 #38CDA8

tetradic

#A838CD #CD5D38 #5DCD38 #38A7CD

square

#A838CD #CD5D38 #5DCD38 #38A7CD

split-complementary

#A838CD #A7CD38 #38CD5D

monochromatic

#5A1C6F #8228A0 #A838CD #BD69D9 #D39AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A838CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A838CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838CD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838CD	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3771CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.227 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679dd',
    500: '#a838cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838cd;
$custom-light: #c679dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.101,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56711,
    "c": 0.22673,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838CD

secondary

#A0D18F

accent

#E3456C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838CD

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

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