#A438A8#A438A8

#A438A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.193 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438A8
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 168)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 58.30, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 69.91, 326.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% 0.1607 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.193 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7915, 13.5496, 38.4004)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438A8 #3CA838

analogous

#6C38A8 #A438A8 #A83874

triadic

#A438A8 #A8A438 #38A8A4

tetradic

#A438A8 #A86C38 #3CA838 #3874A8

square

#A438A8 #A86C38 #3CA838 #3874A8

split-complementary

#A438A8 #74A838 #38A86C

monochromatic

#4A194C #77297A #A438A8 #C356C7 #D384D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#A438A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#A438A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438A8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438A8	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8486B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.193 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277c2',
    500: '#a438a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438a8;
$custom-light: #c277c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53866,
    "c": 0.19302,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438A8

secondary

#7EC07C

accent

#DA4E53

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438A8

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

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