#A537BD#A537BD

#A537BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.213 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537BD
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 62.74, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 79.59, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1625 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.213 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0674, 14.4071, 49.5420)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537BD #4FBD37

analogous

#6237BD #A537BD #BD3792

triadic

#A537BD #BDA537 #37BDA5

tetradic

#A537BD #BD6237 #4FBD37 #3792BD

square

#A537BD #BD6237 #4FBD37 #3792BD

split-complementary

#A537BD #92BD37 #37BD62

monochromatic

#521B5E #7C298E #A537BD #BD60D1 #D190DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A537BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A537BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537BD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537BD	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.213 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d1',
    500: '#a537bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537bd;
$custom-light: #c378d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55172,
    "c": 0.2127,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537BD

secondary

#92C986

accent

#DE4A64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537BD

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

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