#A738D8#A738D8

#A738D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.236 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A738D8
RGBrgb(167, 56, 216)
HSLhsl(282, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(282, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(22.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.98, 68.00, -61.08)
CIE-LCHlch(46.98, 91.41, 318.07°)
OKLaboklab(57.33% 0.1611 -0.1726)
OKLCHoklch(57.33% 0.236 313)
XYZxyz(29.7430, 16.0026, 66.4745)
Luminance0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A738D8 #69D838
analogous
#5738D8 #A738D8 #D838B9
triadic
#A738D8 #D8A738 #38D8A7
tetradic
#A738D8 #D85738 #69D838 #38B9D8
square
#A738D8 #D85738 #69D838 #38B9D8
split-complementary
#A738D8 #B9D838 #38D857
monochromatic
#5E197D #8523B0 #A738D8 #BE6BE2 #D49EEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00
#A738D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20
#A738D8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738D8
5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A738D8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A738D81.005.004.205.00
#FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00
#0000004.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006ADC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2672D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A25C86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a738d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.236 313.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ae5',
    500: '#a738d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a738d8;
$custom-light: #c67ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a738d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.625,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57326,
    "c": 0.23612,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.16002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A738D8
secondary
#A9D893
accent
#EA3E72
background
#FCF7FE
surface
#F9EEFC
border
#D2C9D5
text
#140A16
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#A738D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva