#A538A5#A538A5

#A538A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.191 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538A5
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 58.02, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 68.70, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1617 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.191 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7224, 13.5459, 36.9552)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538A5 #38A538

analogous

#6E38A5 #A538A5 #A5386E

triadic

#A538A5 #A5A538 #38A5A5

tetradic

#A538A5 #A56E38 #38A538 #386EA5

square

#A538A5 #A56E38 #38A538 #386EA5

split-complementary

#A538A5 #6EA538 #38A56E

monochromatic

#4A194A #772877 #A538A5 #C555C5 #D583D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#A538A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#A538A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538A5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538A5	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.191 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c377c0',
    500: '#a538a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538a5;
$custom-light: #c377c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53841,
    "c": 0.19104,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538A5

secondary

#7ABE7A

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538A5

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

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