#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
RGBrgb(167, 56, 213)
HSLhsl(282, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(282, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(21.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(46.78, 67.40, -59.69)
CIE-LCHlch(46.78, 90.04, 318.47°)
OKLaboklab(57.12% 0.1615 -0.1686)
OKLCHoklch(57.12% 0.233 313.8)
XYZxyz(29.3587, 15.8489, 64.4505)
Luminance0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A738D51.005.044.175.04
#FFFFFF5.041.0021.001.00
#0000004.1721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.041.0021.001.00

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

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#A738D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva