#A537C4#A537C4

#A537C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.219 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537C4
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 64.06, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 82.74, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.162 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.219 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8456, 14.7184, 53.6407)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537C4 #56C437

analogous

#5F37C4 #A537C4 #C4379C

triadic

#A537C4 #C4A537 #37C4A5

tetradic

#A537C4 #C45F37 #56C437 #379CC4

square

#A537C4 #C45F37 #56C437 #379CC4

split-complementary

#A537C4 #9CC437 #37C45F

monochromatic

#551C64 #7D2A94 #A537C4 #BB65D4 #D094E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A537C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A537C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537C4

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537C4	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.219 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478d6',
    500: '#a537c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537c4;
$custom-light: #c478d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.809,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55621,
    "c": 0.21882,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537C4

secondary

#99CC8B

accent

#DF486A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537C4

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

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