#A538D0#A538D0

#A538D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.228 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538D0
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 66.03, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 87.78, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1597 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.228 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3145, 15.3827, 61.1399)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538D0 #63D038

analogous

#5938D0 #A538D0 #D038AF

triadic

#A538D0 #D0A538 #38D0A5

tetradic

#A538D0 #D05938 #63D038 #38AFD0

square

#A538D0 #D05938 #63D038 #38AFD0

split-complementary

#A538D0 #AFD038 #38D059

monochromatic

#5A1B73 #8127A4 #A538D0 #BB6ADC #D29BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A538D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A538D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538D0

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538D0	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F70CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.228 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479df',
    500: '#a538d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538d0;
$custom-light: #c479df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.026,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.22834,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538D0

secondary

#A3D391

accent

#E54371

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538D0

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

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