#A37BB3#A37BB3

#A37BB3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.093 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A37BB3
RGB	rgb(163, 123, 179)
HSL	hsl(283, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 25.80, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 34.98, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.067 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.093 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3227, 25.2077, 45.9073)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A37BB3 #8BB37B

analogous

#877BB3 #A37BB3 #B37BA7

triadic

#A37BB3 #B3A37B #7BB3A3

tetradic

#A37BB3 #B3877B #8BB37B #7BA7B3

square

#A37BB3 #B3877B #8BB37B #7BA7B3

split-complementary

#A37BB3 #A7B37B #7BB387

monochromatic

#644272 #865899 #A37BB3 #BEA2C9 #D9C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A37BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#A37BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A37BB3

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A37BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A37BB3	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7387B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3828F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a37bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 123, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.093 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa1ca',
    500: '#a37bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a37bb3;
$custom-light: #bfa1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a37bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6419,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A37BB3

secondary

#C0D0BA

accent

#C36580

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A37BB3

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

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