#A538AD#A538AD

#A538AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.198 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A538AD
RGBrgb(165, 56, 173)
HSLhsl(296, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(296, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(4.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.01, 59.42, -40.85)
CIE-LCHlch(44.01, 72.11, 325.49°)
OKLaboklab(54.3% 0.1619 -0.1135)
OKLCHoklch(54.3% 0.198 325)
XYZxyz(24.4735, 13.8463, 40.9106)
Luminance0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A538AD #40AD38
analogous
#6A38AD #A538AD #AD387B
triadic
#A538AD #ADA538 #38ADA5
tetradic
#A538AD #AD6A38 #40AD38 #387BAD
square
#A538AD #AD6A38 #40AD38 #387BAD
split-complementary
#A538AD #7BAD38 #38AD6A
monochromatic
#4D1A51 #79297F #A538AD #C259C9 #D387D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57
#A538AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77
#A538AD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538AD
5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A538AD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A538AD1.005.573.775.57
#FFFFFF5.571.0021.001.00
#0000003.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.571.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1E5FB0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4E6DAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A94A6E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a538ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.198 325.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378c6',
    500: '#a538ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a538ad;
$custom-light: #c378c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a538ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.897,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54298,
    "c": 0.19774,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.13845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A538AD
secondary
#83C27F
accent
#DB4D57
background
#FCF7FC
surface
#F8EEF8
border
#D1C9D1
text
#130913
muted
#827B82

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#A538AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva