#A438D7#A438D7

#A438D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.234 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438D7
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 67.24, -61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 91.01, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1575 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.234 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9875, 15.6280, 65.7663)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438D7 #6BD738

analogous

#5438D7 #A438D7 #D738BA

triadic

#A438D7 #D7A438 #38D7A4

tetradic

#A438D7 #D75438 #6BD738 #38BAD7

square

#A438D7 #D75438 #6BD738 #38BAD7

split-complementary

#A438D7 #BAD738 #38D754

monochromatic

#5C197C #8223AF #A438D7 #BB6BE1 #D39EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A438D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A438D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438D7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438D7	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2170D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.234 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e4',
    500: '#a438d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438d7;
$custom-light: #c479e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56866,
    "c": 0.23428,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438D7

secondary

#A9D893

accent

#E93E75

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438D7

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

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