#A538C4#A538C4

#A538C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.218 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538C4
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.38, 63.69, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.38, 82.31, 320.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.161 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.218 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8936, 14.8144, 53.6567)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538C4 #57C438

analogous

#5F38C4 #A538C4 #C4389D

triadic

#A538C4 #C4A538 #38C4A5

tetradic

#A538C4 #C45F38 #57C438 #389DC4

square

#A538C4 #C45F38 #57C438 #389DC4

split-complementary

#A538C4 #9DC438 #38C45F

monochromatic

#551D65 #7D2A94 #A538C4 #BB66D3 #D096E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A538C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A538C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538C4

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538C4	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.218 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479d6',
    500: '#a538c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538c4;
$custom-light: #c479d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55716,
    "c": 0.21768,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538C4

secondary

#9ACC8C

accent

#DF496A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538C4

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

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