#A537BB#A537BB

#A537BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.211 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537BB
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 62.36, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 78.70, 322.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1627 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.211 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8518, 14.3209, 48.4066)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537BB #4DBB37

analogous

#6337BB #A537BB #BB378F

triadic

#A537BB #BBA537 #37BBA5

tetradic

#A537BB #BB6337 #4DBB37 #378FBB

square

#A537BB #BB6337 #4DBB37 #378FBB

split-complementary

#A537BB #8FBB37 #37BB63

monochromatic

#521B5C #7B298C #A537BB #BD5FD0 #D18EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#A537BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A537BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537BB

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537BB	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.211 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d0',
    500: '#a537bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537bb;
$custom-light: #c378d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55046,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537BB

secondary

#90C985

accent

#DE4A63

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537BB

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

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