#A438C8#A438C8

#A438C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.221 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438C8
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 64.26, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 84.13, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1594 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.221 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1477, 14.8921, 56.0768)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438C8 #5CC838

analogous

#5C38C8 #A438C8 #C838A4

triadic

#A438C8 #C8A438 #38C8A4

tetradic

#A438C8 #C85C38 #5CC838 #38A4C8

square

#A438C8 #C85C38 #5CC838 #38A4C8

split-complementary

#A438C8 #A4C838 #38C85C

monochromatic

#561D69 #7D2A99 #A438C8 #BA68D5 #D098E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#A438C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A438C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438C8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438C8	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.221 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c379d9',
    500: '#a438c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438c8;
$custom-light: #c379d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55843,
    "c": 0.22085,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438C8

secondary

#9ECE8E

accent

#E0486E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438C8

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

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