#A537B0#A537B0

#A537B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.202 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537B0
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 176)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 60.35, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 73.86, 324.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.163 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.202 324)
XYZ	xyz(24.7190, 13.8678, 42.4406)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537B0 #42B037

analogous

#6837B0 #A537B0 #B0377F

triadic

#A537B0 #B0A537 #37B0A5

tetradic

#A537B0 #B06837 #42B037 #377FB0

square

#A537B0 #B06837 #42B037 #377FB0

split-complementary

#A537B0 #7FB037 #37B068

monochromatic

#4E1A53 #792881 #A537B0 #C159CB #D288DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#A537B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A537B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537B0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537B0	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1760B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.202 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c377c8',
    500: '#a537b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537b0;
$custom-light: #c377c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54375,
    "c": 0.20152,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.13866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537B0

secondary

#85C47F

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537B0

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

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