#A838D0#A838D0

#A838D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.229 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838D0
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 66.62, -57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 87.75, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1634 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.229 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9460, 15.7083, 61.1695)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838D0 #60D038

analogous

#5C38D0 #A838D0 #D038AC

triadic

#A838D0 #D0A838 #38D0A8

tetradic

#A838D0 #D05C38 #60D038 #38ACD0

square

#A838D0 #D05C38 #60D038 #38ACD0

split-complementary

#A838D0 #ACD038 #38D05C

monochromatic

#5C1B73 #8327A4 #A838D0 #BE6ADC #D39BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A838D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A838D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838D0

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838D0	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.229 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679df',
    500: '#a838d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838d0;
$custom-light: #c679df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.22937,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838D0

secondary

#A2D391

accent

#E5436E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838D0

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

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