#A838D7#A838D7

#A838D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.236 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838D7
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 67.99, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 90.93, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1625 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.236 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8262, 16.0604, 65.8056)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838D7 #67D738

analogous

#5838D7 #A838D7 #D738B6

triadic

#A838D7 #D7A838 #38D7A8

tetradic

#A838D7 #D75838 #67D738 #38B6D7

square

#A838D7 #D75838 #67D738 #38B6D7

split-complementary

#A838D7 #B6D738 #38D758

monochromatic

#5F197C #8523AF #A838D7 #BE6BE1 #D59EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A838D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A838D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838D7

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838D7	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A72D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.236 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ae4',
    500: '#a838d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838d7;
$custom-light: #c77ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.264,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57387,
    "c": 0.23556,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838D7

secondary

#A7D893

accent

#E93E71

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838D7

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

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