#A838DC#A838DC

#A838DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.240 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838DC
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 68.99, -62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 93.21, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1617 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.24 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4785, 16.3214, 69.2411)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838DC #6CDC38

analogous

#5638DC #A838DC #DC38BE

triadic

#A838DC #DCA838 #38DCA8

tetradic

#A838DC #DC5638 #6CDC38 #38BEDC

square

#A838DC #DC5638 #6CDC38 #38BEDC

split-complementary

#A838DC #BEDC38 #38DC56

monochromatic

#601783 #8720B7 #A838DC #BF6CE5 #D6A0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#A838DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A838DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838DC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838DC	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2073D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.240 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ae8',
    500: '#a838dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838dc;
$custom-light: #c77ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57735,
    "c": 0.23999,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838DC

secondary

#ABDB95

accent

#ED3B73

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838DC

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

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