#A537C8#A537C8

#A537C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.222 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537C8
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 64.83, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 84.55, 320.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1616 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.222 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3070, 14.9030, 56.0705)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537C8 #5AC837

analogous

#5C37C8 #A537C8 #C837A3

triadic

#A537C8 #C8A537 #37C8A5

tetradic

#A537C8 #C85C37 #5AC837 #37A3C8

square

#A537C8 #C85C37 #5AC837 #37A3C8

split-complementary

#A537C8 #A3C837 #37C85C

monochromatic

#561D68 #7D2A98 #A537C8 #BB67D5 #D097E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#A537C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A537C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537C8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537C8	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.222 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478d9',
    500: '#a537c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537c8;
$custom-light: #c478d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55884,
    "c": 0.22234,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537C8

secondary

#9DCE8D

accent

#E0486C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537C8

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

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