#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
RGBrgb(167, 56, 227)
HSLhsl(279, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(279, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(26.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(47.74, 70.22, -66.12)
CIE-LCHlch(47.74, 96.45, 316.72°)
OKLaboklab(58.1% 0.1592 -0.1874)
OKLCHoklch(58.1% 0.246 310.3)
XYZxyz(31.2129, 16.5906, 74.2162)
Luminance0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##A738E31.004.864.324.86
#FFFFFF4.861.0021.001.00
#0000004.3221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.861.0021.001.00

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

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#A738E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva