#A37AB5#A37AB5

#A37AB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.097 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A37AB5
RGB	rgb(163, 122, 181)
HSL	hsl(282, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 26.79, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 36.66, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0691 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.097 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4030, 25.0424, 46.9392)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A37AB5 #8CB57A

analogous

#867AB5 #A37AB5 #B57AAA

triadic

#A37AB5 #B5A37A #7AB5A3

tetradic

#A37AB5 #B5867A #8CB57A #7AAAB5

square

#A37AB5 #B5867A #8CB57A #7AAAB5

split-complementary

#A37AB5 #AAB57A #7AB586

monochromatic

#644174 #86569B #A37AB5 #BEA1CB #D9C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A37AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#A37AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A37AB5

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A37AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A37AB5	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7187B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a37ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 122, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.097 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa1cb',
    500: '#a37ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a37ab5;
$custom-light: #bfa1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a37ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.695,
    "s": 28.502,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A37AB5

secondary

#C1D1BA

accent

#C56381

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A37AB5

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

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