#A437C4#A437C4

#A437C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.218 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A437C4
RGB	rgb(164, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 63.86, -52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 82.74, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1608 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.218 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6384, 14.6116, 53.6310)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A437C4 #57C437

analogous

#5E37C4 #A437C4 #C4379E

triadic

#A437C4 #C4A437 #37C4A4

tetradic

#A437C4 #C45E37 #57C437 #379EC4

square

#A437C4 #C45E37 #57C437 #379EC4

split-complementary

#A437C4 #9EC437 #37C45E

monochromatic

#541C64 #7C2A94 #A437C4 #BA65D4 #D094E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A437C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A437C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A437C4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A437C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A437C4	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a437c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.218 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d7',
    500: '#a437c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a437c4;
$custom-light: #c378d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a437c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.383,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55485,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A437C4

secondary

#99CC8B

accent

#DF486B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A437C4

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

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