#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
RGBrgb(168, 56, 215)
HSLhsl(282, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(282, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(21.9%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(47.05, 67.99, -60.38)
CIE-LCHlch(47.05, 90.93, 318.39°)
OKLaboklab(57.39% 0.1625 -0.1705)
OKLCHoklch(57.39% 0.236 313.6)
XYZxyz(29.8262, 16.0604, 65.8056)
Luminance0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

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
##A838D71.004.994.214.99
#FFFFFF4.991.0021.001.00
#0000004.2121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.991.0021.001.00

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

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#A838D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva