#A537BE#A537BE

#A537BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.214 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537BE
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 62.93, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 80.04, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1625 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.214 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1763, 14.4507, 50.1157)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537BE #50BE37

analogous

#6137BE #A537BE #BE3793

triadic

#A537BE #BEA537 #37BEA5

tetradic

#A537BE #BE6137 #50BE37 #3793BE

square

#A537BE #BE6137 #50BE37 #3793BE

split-complementary

#A537BE #93BE37 #37BE61

monochromatic

#531C5F #7C298F #A537BE #BC61D1 #D090DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A537BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A537BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537BE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537BE	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.214 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378d2',
    500: '#a537be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537be;
$custom-light: #c378d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55235,
    "c": 0.21358,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537BE

secondary

#93CA87

accent

#DE4965

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537BE

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

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