#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
RGBrgb(167, 56, 197)
HSLhsl(287, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(287, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(15.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(45.74, 64.29, -52.14)
CIE-LCHlch(45.74, 82.78, 320.96°)
OKLaboklab(56.05% 0.1633 -0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(56.05% 0.219 318.1)
XYZxyz(27.4272, 15.0763, 54.2778)
Luminance0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##A738C51.005.234.015.23
#FFFFFF5.231.0021.001.00
#0000004.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.231.0021.001.00

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

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#A738C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva