#A538B8#A538B8

#A538B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.207 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538B8
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 61.42, -46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 76.93, 322.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1618 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.207 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5820, 14.2897, 46.7488)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538B8 #4BB838

analogous

#6538B8 #A538B8 #B8388B

triadic

#A538B8 #B8A538 #38B8A5

tetradic

#A538B8 #B86538 #4BB838 #388BB8

square

#A538B8 #B86538 #4BB838 #388BB8

split-complementary

#A538B8 #8BB838 #38B865

monochromatic

#511B5A #7B2A89 #A538B8 #BE5FCE #D18EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A538B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A538B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538B8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538B8	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0262BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.207 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378ce',
    500: '#a538b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538b8;
$custom-light: #c378ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.094,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54957,
    "c": 0.20717,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538B8

secondary

#8FC785

accent

#DD4B61

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538B8

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

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