#A37BB5#A37BB5

#A37BB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.095 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A37BB5
RGB	rgb(163, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(281, 28%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 32%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 26.22, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 35.99, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.0676 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.095 315)
XYZ	xyz(30.5264, 25.2892, 46.9803)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A37BB5 #8DB57B

analogous

#867BB5 #A37BB5 #B57BAA

triadic

#A37BB5 #B5A37B #7BB5A3

tetradic

#A37BB5 #B5867B #8DB57B #7BAAB5

square

#A37BB5 #B5867B #8DB57B #7BAAB5

split-complementary

#A37BB5 #AAB57B #7BB586

monochromatic

#644174 #86579C #A37BB5 #BEA2CB #DAC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A37BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A37BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A37BB5

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A37BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A37BB5	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7287B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a37bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.095 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa1cb',
    500: '#a37bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a37bb5;
$custom-light: #bfa1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a37bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A37BB5

secondary

#C2D1BB

accent

#C46381

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A37BB5

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

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