#A438B5#A438B5

#A438B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.204 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438B5
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(292, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 60.65, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 75.57, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1607 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.204 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0636, 14.0584, 45.1005)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438B5 #49B538

analogous

#6638B5 #A438B5 #B53888

triadic

#A438B5 #B5A438 #38B5A4

tetradic

#A438B5 #B56638 #49B538 #3888B5

square

#A438B5 #B56638 #49B538 #3888B5

split-complementary

#A438B5 #88B538 #38B566

monochromatic

#4F1B58 #7A2A86 #A438B5 #BE5DCD #D18CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#A438B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A438B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438B5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438B5	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B61B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.204 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278cc',
    500: '#a438b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438b5;
$custom-light: #c278cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.20413,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438B5

secondary

#8CC683

accent

#DC4C5F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438B5

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

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