#A438D9#A438D9

#A438D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.236 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438D9
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 67.64, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 91.93, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1572 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.236 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2461, 15.7314, 67.1280)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438D9 #6DD938

analogous

#5338D9 #A438D9 #D938BE

triadic

#A438D9 #D9A438 #38D9A4

tetradic

#A438D9 #D95338 #6DD938 #38BED9

square

#A438D9 #D95338 #6DD938 #38BED9

split-complementary

#A438D9 #BED938 #38D953

monochromatic

#5D187E #8222B2 #A438D9 #BB6BE3 #D39FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A438D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A438D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A438D9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A438D9	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D70D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.236 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e6',
    500: '#a438d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438d9;
$custom-light: #c479e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.248,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57007,
    "c": 0.23608,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438D9

secondary

#ABD994

accent

#EB3D76

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438D9

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

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