#A437C8#A437C8

#A437C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.222 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A437C8
RGB	rgb(164, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 64.63, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 84.55, 319.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1604 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.222 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0997, 14.7961, 56.0608)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A437C8 #5BC837

analogous

#5B37C8 #A437C8 #C837A4

triadic

#A437C8 #C8A437 #37C8A4

tetradic

#A437C8 #C85B37 #5BC837 #37A4C8

square

#A437C8 #C85B37 #5BC837 #37A4C8

split-complementary

#A437C8 #A4C837 #37C85B

monochromatic

#551D68 #7D2A98 #A437C8 #BA67D5 #D097E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A437C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A437C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A437C8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A437C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A437C8	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a437c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.222 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d9',
    500: '#a437c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a437c8;
$custom-light: #c378d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a437c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.103,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55749,
    "c": 0.22197,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A437C8

secondary

#9DCE8D

accent

#E0486E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A437C8

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

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