#A838D2#A838D2

#A838D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.231 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838D2
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 67.01, -58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 88.66, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1632 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.231 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1936, 15.8074, 62.4736)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838D2 #62D238

analogous

#5B38D2 #A838D2 #D238AF

triadic

#A838D2 #D2A838 #38D2A8

tetradic

#A838D2 #D25B38 #62D238 #38AFD2

square

#A838D2 #D25B38 #62D238 #38AFD2

split-complementary

#A838D2 #AFD238 #38D25B

monochromatic

#5C1A75 #8426A7 #A838D2 #BE6ADD #D49CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A838D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A838D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838D2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838D2	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3172CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.231 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679e1',
    500: '#a838d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838d2;
$custom-light: #c679e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57046,
    "c": 0.23113,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838D2

secondary

#A4D591

accent

#E6426F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838D2

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

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