#A437D8#A437D8

#A437D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.236 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A437D8
RGB	rgb(164, 55, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 67.81, -62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 91.88, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1582 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.236 312)
XYZ	xyz(29.0684, 15.5836, 66.4291)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A437D8 #6BD837

analogous

#5337D8 #A437D8 #D837BB

triadic

#A437D8 #D8A437 #37D8A4

tetradic

#A437D8 #D85337 #6BD837 #37BBD8

square

#A437D8 #D85337 #6BD837 #37BBD8

split-complementary

#A437D8 #BBD837 #37D853

monochromatic

#5C187C #8222B0 #A437D8 #BB6AE2 #D39DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A437D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A437D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A437D8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A437D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A437D8	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E70D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a437d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 55, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.236 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479e5',
    500: '#a437d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a437d8;
$custom-light: #c479e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a437d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.621,
    "s": 67.364,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.23623,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.15583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A437D8

secondary

#A9D893

accent

#EA3E75

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A437D8

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

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