#A537B4#A537B4

#A537B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.205 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537B4
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 61.07, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 75.60, 323.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1629 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.205 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1206, 14.0284, 44.5558)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537B4 #46B437

analogous

#6637B4 #A537B4 #B43784

triadic

#A537B4 #B4A537 #37B4A5

tetradic

#A537B4 #B46637 #46B437 #3784B4

square

#A537B4 #B46637 #46B437 #3784B4

split-complementary

#A537B4 #84B437 #37B466

monochromatic

#4F1A56 #7A2985 #A537B4 #BF5BCD #D28ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#A537B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A537B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537B4

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537B4	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D61B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.205 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c377cb',
    500: '#a537b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537b4;
$custom-light: #c377cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54615,
    "c": 0.20494,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537B4

secondary

#89C681

accent

#DD4B5D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537B4

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

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