#A538D4#A538D4

#A538D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.232 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538D4
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 66.82, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 89.61, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1592 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.232 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8128, 15.5821, 63.7644)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538D4 #67D438

analogous

#5738D4 #A538D4 #D438B5

triadic

#A538D4 #D4A538 #38D4A5

tetradic

#A538D4 #D45738 #67D438 #38B5D4

square

#A538D4 #D45738 #67D438 #38B5D4

split-complementary

#A538D4 #B5D438 #38D457

monochromatic

#5B1A78 #8225AA #A538D4 #BC6ADF #D39DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A538D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A538D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538D4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538D4	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2970D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.232 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e2',
    500: '#a538d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538d4;
$custom-light: #c479e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56788,
    "c": 0.23191,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538D4

secondary

#A6D692

accent

#E74073

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538D4

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

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