#A037E0#A037E0

#A037E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.242 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A037E0
RGB	rgb(160, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 68.73, -66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 95.69, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1516 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.242 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3152, 15.5883, 71.9711)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A037E0 #77E037

analogous

#4C37E0 #A037E0 #E037CC

triadic

#A037E0 #E0A037 #37E0A0

tetradic

#A037E0 #E04C37 #77E037 #37CCE0

square

#A037E0 #E04C37 #77E037 #37CCE0

split-complementary

#A037E0 #CCE037 #37E04C

monochromatic

#5C1588 #801DBD #A037E0 #B96CE8 #D2A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A037E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A037E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A037E0

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A037E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A037E0	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a037e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.242 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c279eb',
    500: '#a037e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a037e0;
$custom-light: #c279eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a037e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.278,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56913,
    "c": 0.24232,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A037E0

secondary

#B1DD96

accent

#F0387E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A037E0

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

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