#A738C3#A738C3

#A738C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.218 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738C3
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 63.91, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 81.88, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1635 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.218 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1995, 14.9852, 53.0789)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738C3 #54C338

analogous

#6238C3 #A738C3 #C33899

triadic

#A738C3 #C3A738 #38C3A7

tetradic

#A738C3 #C36238 #54C338 #3899C3

square

#A738C3 #C36238 #54C338 #3899C3

split-complementary

#A738C3 #99C338 #38C362

monochromatic

#561D64 #7E2A93 #A738C3 #BD65D3 #D195E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A738C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A738C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738C3

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738C3	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4070C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.218 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579d6',
    500: '#a738c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738c3;
$custom-light: #c579d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.914,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55923,
    "c": 0.21759,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738C3

secondary

#98CC8B

accent

#DF4967

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738C3

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