#A738D5#A738D5

#A738D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.233 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738D5
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 67.40, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 90.04, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1615 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.233 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3587, 15.8489, 64.4505)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738D5 #66D538

analogous

#5838D5 #A738D5 #D538B5

triadic

#A738D5 #D5A738 #38D5A7

tetradic

#A738D5 #D55838 #66D538 #38B5D5

square

#A738D5 #D55838 #66D538 #38B5D5

split-complementary

#A738D5 #B5D538 #38D558

monochromatic

#5D1A79 #8424AC #A738D5 #BD6BE0 #D49DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A738D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A738D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738D5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738D5	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)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B71D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.233 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679e3',
    500: '#a738d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738d5;
$custom-light: #c679e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.42,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57119,
    "c": 0.23345,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738D5

secondary

#A6D692

accent

#E84071

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738D5

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

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