#A738D7#A738D7

#A738D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.235 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738D7
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 67.80, -60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 90.95, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1612 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.235 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6141, 15.9511, 65.7957)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738D7 #68D738

analogous

#5738D7 #A738D7 #D738B7

triadic

#A738D7 #D7A738 #38D7A7

tetradic

#A738D7 #D75738 #68D738 #38B7D7

square

#A738D7 #D75738 #68D738 #38B7D7

split-complementary

#A738D7 #B7D738 #38D757

monochromatic

#5E197C #8523AF #A738D7 #BE6BE1 #D49EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A738D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A738D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738D7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738D7	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2872D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.235 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ae4',
    500: '#a738d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738d7;
$custom-light: #c67ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.887,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57257,
    "c": 0.23523,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738D7

secondary

#A8D893

accent

#E93E72

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738D7

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

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