#A438B8#A438B8

#A438B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.207 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438B8
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 61.20, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 76.91, 322.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1606 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.207 321)
XYZ	xyz(25.3747, 14.1829, 46.7391)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438B8 #4CB838

analogous

#6438B8 #A438B8 #B8388C

triadic

#A438B8 #B8A438 #38B8A4

tetradic

#A438B8 #B86438 #4CB838 #388CB8

square

#A438B8 #B86438 #4CB838 #388CB8

split-complementary

#A438B8 #8CB838 #38B864

monochromatic

#501B5A #7A2A89 #A438B8 #BD5FCE #D08EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A438B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A438B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438B8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438B8	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.207 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378ce',
    500: '#a438b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438b8;
$custom-light: #c378ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54818,
    "c": 0.20674,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.14182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438B8

secondary

#8FC785

accent

#DD4B62

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438B8

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

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