#A537C7#A537C7

#A537C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.221 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537C7
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 64.64, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 84.10, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1617 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.221 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1905, 14.8564, 55.4571)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537C7 #59C737

analogous

#5D37C7 #A537C7 #C737A1

triadic

#A537C7 #C7A537 #37C7A5

tetradic

#A537C7 #C75D37 #59C737 #37A1C7

square

#A537C7 #C75D37 #59C737 #37A1C7

split-complementary

#A537C7 #A1C737 #37C75D

monochromatic

#551C67 #7D2A97 #A537C7 #BB66D5 #D096E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A537C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A537C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537C7

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537C7	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.221 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478d9',
    500: '#a537c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537c7;
$custom-light: #c478d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55818,
    "c": 0.22145,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537C7

secondary

#9CCD8C

accent

#E0486C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537C7

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

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