#A537C3#A537C3

#A537C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.218 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537C3
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 63.87, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 82.29, 320.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1621 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.218 318)
XYZ	xyz(26.7322, 14.6730, 53.0432)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537C3 #55C337

analogous

#5F37C3 #A537C3 #C3379B

triadic

#A537C3 #C3A537 #37C3A5

tetradic

#A537C3 #C35F37 #55C337 #379BC3

square

#A537C3 #C35F37 #55C337 #379BC3

split-complementary

#A537C3 #9BC337 #37C35F

monochromatic

#541C64 #7D2A93 #A537C3 #BB64D3 #D094E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#A537C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A537C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537C3

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537C3	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.218 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478d6',
    500: '#a537c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537c3;
$custom-light: #c478d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55556,
    "c": 0.21794,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.14672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537C3

secondary

#98CC8A

accent

#DF4969

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537C3

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

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