#A537B7#A537B7

#A537B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.208 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A537B7
RGBrgb(165, 55, 183)
HSLhsl(292, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(292, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(9.8%, 69.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.45, 61.62, -46.04)
CIE-LCHlch(44.45, 76.93, 323.23°)
OKLaboklab(54.8% 0.1628 -0.1286)
OKLCHoklch(54.8% 0.208 321.7)
XYZxyz(25.4296, 14.1520, 46.1827)
Luminance0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A537B7 #49B737
analogous
#6537B7 #A537B7 #B73789
triadic
#A537B7 #B7A537 #37B7A5
tetradic
#A537B7 #B76537 #49B737 #3789B7
square
#A537B7 #B76537 #49B737 #3789B7
split-complementary
#A537B7 #89B737 #37B765
monochromatic
#501B59 #7B2988 #A537B7 #BE5DCE #D18CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48
#A537B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83
#A537B7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537B7
5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A537B7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A537B71.005.483.835.48
#FFFFFF5.481.0021.001.00
#0000003.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.481.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0261BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#476DB4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A74E73
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a537b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.208 321.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378cd',
    500: '#a537b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a537b7;
$custom-light: #c378cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a537b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.563,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54798,
    "c": 0.20752,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A537B7
secondary
#8DC783
accent
#DD4B5F
background
#FCF7FC
surface
#F8EEF9
border
#D1C9D2
text
#130913
muted
#827B82

Preview Lab

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#A537B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva