#A938CD#A938CD

#A938CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.227 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A938CD
RGB	rgb(169, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 66.23, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 86.38, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.165 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.227 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7941, 15.6723, 59.2541)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A938CD #5CCD38

analogous

#5E38CD #A938CD #CD38A6

triadic

#A938CD #CDA938 #38CDA9

tetradic

#A938CD #CD5E38 #5CCD38 #38A6CD

square

#A938CD #CD5E38 #5CCD38 #38A6CD

split-complementary

#A938CD #A6CD38 #38CD5E

monochromatic

#5B1C6F #8328A0 #A938CD #BE69D9 #D39AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A938CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A938CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A938CD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A938CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A938CD	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3971CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a938cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.227 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779dd',
    500: '#a938cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a938cd;
$custom-light: #c779dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a938cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.503,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56845,
    "c": 0.22709,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A938CD

secondary

#9FD18F

accent

#E3456B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A938CD

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

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