#A437E0#A437E0

#A437E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.243 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A437E0
RGB	rgb(164, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 69.43, -65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 95.56, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1568 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.243 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1279, 16.0074, 72.0092)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A437E0 #73E037

analogous

#4F37E0 #A437E0 #E037C8

triadic

#A437E0 #E0A437 #37E0A4

tetradic

#A437E0 #E04F37 #73E037 #37C8E0

square

#A437E0 #E04F37 #73E037 #37C8E0

split-complementary

#A437E0 #C8E037 #37E04F

monochromatic

#5F1588 #841DBD #A437E0 #BC6CE8 #D4A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A437E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A437E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A437E0

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A437E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A437E0	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a437e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.243 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c479eb',
    500: '#a437e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a437e0;
$custom-light: #c479eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a437e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.698,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57418,
    "c": 0.2434,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A437E0

secondary

#AFDD96

accent

#F03879

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A437E0

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

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