#A438C2#A438C2

#A438C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.216 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438C2
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 63.09, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 81.40, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.16 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.216 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4602, 14.6171, 52.4561)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438C2 #56C238

analogous

#5F38C2 #A438C2 #C2389B

triadic

#A438C2 #C2A438 #38C2A4

tetradic

#A438C2 #C25F38 #56C238 #389BC2

square

#A438C2 #C25F38 #56C238 #389BC2

split-complementary

#A438C2 #9BC238 #38C25F

monochromatic

#541D63 #7C2A93 #A438C2 #BB65D2 #D094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A438C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A438C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438C2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438C2	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.216 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d5',
    500: '#a438c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438c2;
$custom-light: #c378d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55451,
    "c": 0.21552,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438C2

secondary

#99CB8A

accent

#DF496A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438C2

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

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