#A037D9#A037D9

#A037D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.236 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A037D9
RGB	rgb(160, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 67.28, -63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 92.44, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1529 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.236 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3853, 15.2164, 67.0739)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A037D9 #70D937

analogous

#4F37D9 #A037D9 #D937C1

triadic

#A037D9 #D9A037 #37D9A0

tetradic

#A037D9 #D94F37 #70D937 #37C1D9

square

#A037D9 #D94F37 #70D937 #37C1D9

split-complementary

#A037D9 #C1D937 #37D94F

monochromatic

#5A187E #7F22B1 #A037D9 #B86AE3 #D19EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A037D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A037D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A037D9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A037D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A037D9	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a037d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.236 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178e6',
    500: '#a037d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a037d9;
$custom-light: #c178e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a037d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.889,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56403,
    "c": 0.23594,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A037D9

secondary

#ACD993

accent

#EB3D7A

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A037D9

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

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