#A538C1#A538C1

#A538C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.215 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538C1
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 63.11, -50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 80.96, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1613 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.215 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5556, 14.6792, 51.8763)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538C1 #54C138

analogous

#6138C1 #A538C1 #C13899

triadic

#A538C1 #C1A538 #38C1A5

tetradic

#A538C1 #C16138 #54C138 #3899C1

square

#A538C1 #C16138 #54C138 #3899C1

split-complementary

#A538C1 #99C138 #38C161

monochromatic

#541C62 #7C2A92 #A538C1 #BC64D2 #D094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#A538C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A538C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538C1

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538C1	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.215 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478d4',
    500: '#a538c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538c1;
$custom-light: #c478d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.737,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55522,
    "c": 0.21503,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538C1

secondary

#97CB8A

accent

#DE4968

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538C1

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

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