#A537B5#A537B5

#A537B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.206 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537B5
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(292, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 61.26, -45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 76.04, 323.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1629 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.206 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2229, 14.0693, 45.0942)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537B5 #47B537

analogous

#6637B5 #A537B5 #B53786

triadic

#A537B5 #B5A537 #37B5A5

tetradic

#A537B5 #B56637 #47B537 #3786B5

square

#A537B5 #B56637 #47B537 #3786B5

split-complementary

#A537B5 #86B537 #37B566

monochromatic

#4F1A57 #7A2986 #A537B5 #BF5CCD #D18BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#A537B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A537B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537B5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537B5	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0961B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.206 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c377cc',
    500: '#a537b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537b5;
$custom-light: #c377cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.381,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54675,
    "c": 0.20579,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537B5

secondary

#8BC682

accent

#DD4B5E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537B5

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

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