#A738D0#A738D0

#A738D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.229 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738D0
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 66.42, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 87.76, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1622 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.229 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7338, 15.5990, 61.1596)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738D0 #61D038

analogous

#5B38D0 #A738D0 #D038AD

triadic

#A738D0 #D0A738 #38D0A7

tetradic

#A738D0 #D05B38 #61D038 #38ADD0

square

#A738D0 #D05B38 #61D038 #38ADD0

split-complementary

#A738D0 #ADD038 #38D05B

monochromatic

#5B1B73 #8227A4 #A738D0 #BD6ADC #D39BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A738D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A738D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738D0

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738D0	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3271CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.229 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679df',
    500: '#a738d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738d0;
$custom-light: #c679df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.816,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56778,
    "c": 0.22902,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738D0

secondary

#A3D391

accent

#E5436F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738D0

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

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