#A438C1#A438C1

#A438C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.215 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438C1
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 62.90, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 80.95, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1601 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.215 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3483, 14.5723, 51.8666)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438C1 #55C138

analogous

#6038C1 #A438C1 #C1389A

triadic

#A438C1 #C1A438 #38C1A4

tetradic

#A438C1 #C16038 #55C138 #389AC1

square

#A438C1 #C16038 #55C138 #389AC1

split-complementary

#A438C1 #9AC138 #38C160

monochromatic

#531C62 #7C2A92 #A438C1 #BB64D2 #D094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A438C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A438C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438C1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438C1	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.215 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d4',
    500: '#a438c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438c1;
$custom-light: #c378d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.299,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55386,
    "c": 0.21463,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438C1

secondary

#98CB8A

accent

#DE4969

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438C1

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

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