#A738C5#A738C5

#A738C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.219 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738C5
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 64.29, -52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 82.78, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1633 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.219 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4272, 15.0763, 54.2778)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738C5 #56C538

analogous

#6138C5 #A738C5 #C5389D

triadic

#A738C5 #C5A738 #38C5A7

tetradic

#A738C5 #C56138 #56C538 #389DC5

square

#A738C5 #C56138 #56C538 #389DC5

split-complementary

#A738C5 #9DC538 #38C561

monochromatic

#561D66 #7F2A95 #A738C5 #BC67D4 #D196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A738C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#A738C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738C5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738C5	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E70C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.219 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579d7',
    500: '#a738c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738c5;
$custom-light: #c579d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.234,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56052,
    "c": 0.21933,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738C5

secondary

#9ACD8C

accent

#DF4969

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738C5

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

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