#A838CF#A838CF

#A838CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.228 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838CF
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 207)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 66.42, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 87.29, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1635 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.228 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8233, 15.6593, 60.5236)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838CF #5FCF38

analogous

#5D38CF #A838CF #CF38AB

triadic

#A838CF #CFA838 #38CFA8

tetradic

#A838CF #CF5D38 #5FCF38 #38ABCF

square

#A838CF #CF5D38 #5FCF38 #38ABCF

split-complementary

#A838CF #ABCF38 #38CF5D

monochromatic

#5B1B71 #8327A3 #A838CF #BE69DB #D39BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A838CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A838CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838CF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838CF	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.228 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679de',
    500: '#a838cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838cf;
$custom-light: #c679de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.503,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56844,
    "c": 0.22849,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838CF

secondary

#A1D390

accent

#E4446D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838CF

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

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