#A4579B#A4579B

#A4579B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.134 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4579B
RGB	rgb(164, 87, 155)
HSL	hsl(307, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 5.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 41.39, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 47.54, 330.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1177 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.134 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6342, 17.0769, 33.0026)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4579B #57A460

analogous

#8757A4 #A4579B #A45775

triadic

#A4579B #9BA457 #579BA4

tetradic

#A4579B #A48757 #57A460 #5775A4

square

#A4579B #A48757 #57A460 #5775A4

split-complementary

#A4579B #75A457 #57A487

monochromatic

#542D4F #7C4275 #A4579B #BA7EB3 #D0A6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#A4579B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A4579B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4579B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4579B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4579B	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4579b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 87, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.134 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c189b8',
    500: '#a4579b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4579b;
$custom-light: #c189b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4579b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.013,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57167,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4579B

secondary

#99BD9E

accent

#C76D61

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#120C11

muted

#817D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4579B

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

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