#A738E3#A738E3

#A738E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.246 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A738E3
RGB	rgb(167, 56, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 70.22, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 96.45, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1592 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.246 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2129, 16.5906, 74.2162)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A738E3 #74E338

analogous

#5138E3 #A738E3 #E338CA

triadic

#A738E3 #E3A738 #38E3A7

tetradic

#A738E3 #E35138 #74E338 #38CAE3

square

#A738E3 #E35138 #74E338 #38CAE3

split-complementary

#A738E3 #CAE338 #38E351

monochromatic

#62148D #881BC2 #A738E3 #BF6EEB #D6A3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A738E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A738E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A738E3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A738E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A738E3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0373DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F618C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a738e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 56, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.246 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67aed',
    500: '#a738e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a738e3;
$custom-light: #c67aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a738e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58104,
    "c": 0.24594,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A738E3

secondary

#B1DF98

accent

#F23678

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A738E3

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

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