#A437C5#A437C5

#A437C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.219 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A437C5
RGB	rgb(164, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 64.05, -53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 83.19, 320.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1607 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.219 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7526, 14.6572, 54.2324)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A437C5 #58C537

analogous

#5D37C5 #A437C5 #C5379F

triadic

#A437C5 #C5A437 #37C5A4

tetradic

#A437C5 #C55D37 #58C537 #379FC5

square

#A437C5 #C55D37 #58C537 #379FC5

split-complementary

#A437C5 #9FC537 #37C55D

monochromatic

#541C65 #7C2A95 #A437C5 #BA65D4 #D095E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#A437C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A437C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A437C5

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A437C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A437C5	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a437c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.219 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d7',
    500: '#a437c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a437c5;
$custom-light: #c378d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a437c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.056,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55551,
    "c": 0.21932,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A437C5

secondary

#9ACD8B

accent

#E0486B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A437C5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →