#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
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 68.00, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 91.41, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1611 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.236 313)
XYZ	xyz(29.7430, 16.0026, 66.4745)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A738D8	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A738D8

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

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