Information about #A38BDA color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pleasantly vivid blue-purple violet, #A38BDA floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Sabrina Violet (#A285D1). Nearby in the Register you will also find Unicorn (#9F90D0) and Light Blue Violet (#AE8BE7).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(163, 139, 218)), which gives #A38BDA its character. If you plan to put text on a #A38BDA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A38BDA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A38BDA color variations
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#A38BDA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A38BDA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A38BDA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A38BDA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A38BDA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A38BDA color
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Nearest named colors to #A38BDA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A285D1
#9F90D0
#AE8BE7
#968BE7
#A899E6
#AE99D2
#B790D4
#B19CD9
#A29ECD
#9FA2D7
#8F8CE7
#BA93D8
#A38BDA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A38BDA
- RGB163, 139, 218
- CMYK22, 31, 0, 15
- CSSrgb(163, 139, 218)
- HSL258°, 52%, 70%
- HSL Precise258.228°, 51.634%, 70%
- HSV258°, 36%, 85%
- HSB258°, 36%, 85%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.639
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.855
- GLSLvec3(0.639, 0.545, 0.855)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.639, 0.545, 0.855, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.639, 0.545, 0.855)
- Percentage of Red in RGB63.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB85.5%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA38BDA
- DECIMAL ID10718170
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
