#A137C9#A137C9

#A137C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.222 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A137C9
RGB	rgb(161, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 64.23, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 85.03, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1566 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.222 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6050, 14.5274, 56.6496)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A137C9 #5FC937

analogous

#5837C9 #A137C9 #C937A8

triadic

#A137C9 #C9A137 #37C9A1

tetradic

#A137C9 #C95837 #5FC937 #37A8C9

square

#A137C9 #C95837 #5FC937 #37A8C9

split-complementary

#A137C9 #A8C937 #37C958

monochromatic

#541C69 #7B2999 #A137C9 #B867D6 #CE97E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A137C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A137C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A137C9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A137C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A137C9	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a137c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.222 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178da',
    500: '#a137c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a137c9;
$custom-light: #c178da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a137c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55415,
    "c": 0.22179,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A137C9

secondary

#9FCF8D

accent

#E14771

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A137C9

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

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