#A838D9#A838D9

#A838D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.237 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838D9
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 68.39, -61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 91.84, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1622 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.237 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0848, 16.1639, 67.1673)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838D9 #69D938

analogous

#5738D9 #A838D9 #D938B9

triadic

#A838D9 #D9A838 #38D9A8

tetradic

#A838D9 #D95738 #69D938 #38B9D9

square

#A838D9 #D95738 #69D938 #38B9D9

split-complementary

#A838D9 #B9D938 #38D957

monochromatic

#5F187E #8622B2 #A838D9 #BE6BE3 #D59FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A838D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A838D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838D9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838D9	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2672D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.237 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ae6',
    500: '#a838d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838d9;
$custom-light: #c77ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57526,
    "c": 0.23733,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838D9

secondary

#A9D994

accent

#EB3D72

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838D9

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

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