#A538D9#A538D9

#A538D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.236 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A538D9
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 67.83, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 91.91, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1584 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.236 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4533, 15.8383, 67.1377)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A538D9 #6CD938

analogous

#5438D9 #A538D9 #D938BC

triadic

#A538D9 #D9A538 #38D9A5

tetradic

#A538D9 #D95438 #6CD938 #38BCD9

square

#A538D9 #D95438 #6CD938 #38BCD9

split-complementary

#A538D9 #BCD938 #38D954

monochromatic

#5D187E #8322B2 #A538D9 #BC6BE3 #D39FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A538D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A538D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A538D9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A538D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A538D9	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F71D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a538d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.236 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579e6',
    500: '#a538d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a538d9;
$custom-light: #c579e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a538d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.621,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57136,
    "c": 0.23638,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A538D9

secondary

#AAD994

accent

#EB3D75

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A538D9

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

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