#A738DD#A738DD

#A738DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.241 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738DD
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 69.00, -63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 93.70, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1603 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.241 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3992, 16.2651, 69.9307)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738DD #6EDD38

analogous

#5538DD #A738DD #DD38C0

triadic

#A738DD #DDA738 #38DDA7

tetradic

#A738DD #DD5538 #6EDD38 #38C0DD

square

#A738DD #DD5538 #6EDD38 #38C0DD

split-complementary

#A738DD #C0DD38 #38DD55

monochromatic

#601784 #861FB8 #A738DD #BE6CE6 #D5A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A738DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A738DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738DD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738DD	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B72DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.241 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ae8',
    500: '#a738dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738dd;
$custom-light: #c67ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57676,
    "c": 0.24058,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738DD

secondary

#ACDB95

accent

#EE3A75

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738DD

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

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