#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
RGBrgb(164, 56, 217)
HSLhsl(280, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(280, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(24.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.62, 67.64, -62.25)
CIE-LCHlch(46.62, 91.93, 317.38°)
OKLaboklab(57.01% 0.1572 -0.1762)
OKLCHoklch(57.01% 0.236 311.7)
XYZxyz(29.2461, 15.7314, 67.1280)
Luminance0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##A438D91.005.064.155.06
#FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00

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

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#A438D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva