#A538D5#A538D5

#A538D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.233 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538D5
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 67.02, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 90.07, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.159 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.233 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9393, 15.6327, 64.4308)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538D5 #68D538

analogous

#5638D5 #A538D5 #D538B6

triadic

#A538D5 #D5A538 #38D5A5

tetradic

#A538D5 #D55638 #68D538 #38B6D5

square

#A538D5 #D55638 #68D538 #38B6D5

split-complementary

#A538D5 #B6D538 #38D556

monochromatic

#5C1A79 #8224AC #A538D5 #BC6BE0 #D39DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A538D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A538D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538D5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538D5	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2770D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.233 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e3',
    500: '#a538d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538d5;
$custom-light: #c479e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.656,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.2328,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538D5

secondary

#A7D692

accent

#E84073

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538D5

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

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