#A438D5#A438D5

#A438D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.232 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438D5
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 66.83, -60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 90.09, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1578 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.232 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7321, 15.5258, 64.4211)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438D5 #69D538

analogous

#5638D5 #A438D5 #D538B7

triadic

#A438D5 #D5A438 #38D5A4

tetradic

#A438D5 #D55638 #69D538 #38B7D5

square

#A438D5 #D55638 #69D538 #38B7D5

split-complementary

#A438D5 #B7D538 #38D556

monochromatic

#5B1A79 #8124AC #A438D5 #BB6BE0 #D29DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A438D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A438D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438D5

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438D5	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.232 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e3',
    500: '#a438d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438d5;
$custom-light: #c479e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.274,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56727,
    "c": 0.23248,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438D5

secondary

#A8D692

accent

#E84074

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438D5

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

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