#A738D9#A738D9

#A738D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.237 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738D9
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 68.20, -61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 91.86, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1609 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.237 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8727, 16.0545, 67.1574)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738D9 #6AD938

analogous

#5638D9 #A738D9 #D938BB

triadic

#A738D9 #D9A738 #38D9A7

tetradic

#A738D9 #D95638 #6AD938 #38BBD9

square

#A738D9 #D95638 #6AD938 #38BBD9

split-complementary

#A738D9 #BBD938 #38D956

monochromatic

#5F187E #8522B2 #A738D9 #BE6BE3 #D49FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A738D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A738D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738D9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738D9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2472D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.237 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ae6',
    500: '#a738d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738d9;
$custom-light: #c67ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.366,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57395,
    "c": 0.23701,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738D9

secondary

#A9D994

accent

#EB3D73

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738D9

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

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