#A438D4#A438D4

#A438D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.232 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438D4
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 66.63, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 89.63, 318.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1579 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.232 313)
XYZ	xyz(28.6056, 15.4752, 63.7547)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438D4 #68D438

analogous

#5638D4 #A438D4 #D438B6

triadic

#A438D4 #D4A438 #38D4A4

tetradic

#A438D4 #D45638 #68D438 #38B6D4

square

#A438D4 #D45638 #68D438 #38B6D4

split-complementary

#A438D4 #B6D438 #38D456

monochromatic

#5B1A78 #8125AA #A438D4 #BB6ADF #D29DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A438D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A438D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438D4

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438D4	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2770D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.232 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e2',
    500: '#a438d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438d4;
$custom-light: #c479e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56657,
    "c": 0.23159,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.15474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438D4

secondary

#A7D692

accent

#E74074

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438D4

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

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