#A537B8#A537B8

#A537B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.208 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537B8
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, 61.81, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 77.37, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1628 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.208 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5340, 14.1938, 46.7328)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537B8 #4AB837

analogous

#6537B8 #A537B8 #B8378B

triadic

#A537B8 #B8A537 #37B8A5

tetradic

#A537B8 #B86537 #4AB837 #378BB8

square

#A537B8 #B86537 #4AB837 #378BB8

split-complementary

#A537B8 #8BB837 #37B865

monochromatic

#501B5A #7B2989 #A537B8 #BE5DCF #D18DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A537B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A537B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537B8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537B8	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.208 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378ce',
    500: '#a537b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537b8;
$custom-light: #c378ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.163,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54859,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537B8

secondary

#8EC784

accent

#DD4A60

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537B8

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

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