#A838D8#A838D8

#A838D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.236 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838D8
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 68.19, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 91.39, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1623 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.236 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9551, 16.1120, 66.4844)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838D8 #68D838

analogous

#5838D8 #A838D8 #D838B8

triadic

#A838D8 #D8A838 #38D8A8

tetradic

#A838D8 #D85838 #68D838 #38B8D8

square

#A838D8 #D85838 #68D838 #38B8D8

split-complementary

#A838D8 #B8D838 #38D858

monochromatic

#5F197D #8623B0 #A838D8 #BE6BE2 #D59EEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A838D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A838D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838D8

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838D8	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2872D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.236 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ae5',
    500: '#a838d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838d8;
$custom-light: #c77ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57456,
    "c": 0.23644,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838D8

secondary

#A8D893

accent

#EA3E71

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838D8

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

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