#A438A6#A438A6

#A438A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.191 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438A6
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 166)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 57.95, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 69.06, 327.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1606 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.191 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6066, 13.4756, 37.4267)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438A6 #3AA638

analogous

#6D38A6 #A438A6 #A63871

triadic

#A438A6 #A6A438 #38A6A4

tetradic

#A438A6 #A66D38 #3AA638 #3871A6

square

#A438A6 #A66D38 #3AA638 #3871A6

split-complementary

#A438A6 #71A638 #38A66D

monochromatic

#4A194A #772978 #A438A6 #C455C6 #D483D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A438A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#A438A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438A6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438A6	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9486A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.191 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277c1',
    500: '#a438a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438a6;
$custom-light: #c277c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.909,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53753,
    "c": 0.19134,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438A6

secondary

#7CBF7B

accent

#D94F51

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438A6

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

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