#A538D8#A538D8

#A538D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.235 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538D8
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 67.63, -61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 91.45, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1586 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.235 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3236, 15.7864, 66.4548)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538D8 #6BD838

analogous

#5538D8 #A538D8 #D838BB

triadic

#A538D8 #D8A538 #38D8A5

tetradic

#A538D8 #D85538 #6BD838 #38BBD8

square

#A538D8 #D85538 #6BD838 #38BBD8

split-complementary

#A538D8 #BBD838 #38D855

monochromatic

#5D197D #8323B0 #A538D8 #BC6BE2 #D39EEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A538D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A538D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538D8

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538D8	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2271D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.235 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579e5',
    500: '#a538d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538d8;
$custom-light: #c579e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.875,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57066,
    "c": 0.23549,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538D8

secondary

#A9D893

accent

#EA3E75

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538D8

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

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