#A438FF#A438FF

#A438FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.270 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A438FF
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 255)
HSL	hsl(273, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 78%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 75.59, -79.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 109.43, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.149 -0.2257)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.27 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7698, 17.9409, 96.2195)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A438FF #93FF38

analogous

#4038FF #A438FF #FF38F6

triadic

#A438FF #FFA438 #38FFA4

tetradic

#A438FF #FF4038 #93FF38 #38F6FF

square

#A438FF #FF4038 #93FF38 #38F6FF

split-complementary

#A438FF #F6FF38 #38FF40

monochromatic

#6600BD #8800FA #A438FF #C075FF #DCB2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#A438FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#A438FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A438FF

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A438FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A438FF	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a438ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.270 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67bff',
    500: '#a438ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a438ff;
$custom-light: #c67bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a438ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.563,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.27048,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A438FF

secondary

#C6EFA4

accent

#E60069

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9EFFF

border

#D2CAD7

text

#140A18

muted

#827C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A438FF

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

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