#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
RGBrgb(164, 55, 224)
HSLhsl(279, 73%, 55%)
HSVhsv(279, 75%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(26.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(46.98, 69.43, -65.66)
CIE-LCHlch(46.98, 95.56, 316.60°)
OKLaboklab(57.42% 0.1568 -0.1862)
OKLCHoklch(57.42% 0.243 310.1)
XYZxyz(30.1279, 16.0074, 72.0092)
Luminance0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A437E01.005.004.205.00
#FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00
#0000004.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00

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

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#A437E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva