#A537C9#A537C9

#A537C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.223 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537C9
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 65.03, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 85.00, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1615 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.223 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4242, 14.9499, 56.6880)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537C9 #5BC937

analogous

#5C37C9 #A537C9 #C937A4

triadic

#A537C9 #C9A537 #37C9A5

tetradic

#A537C9 #C95C37 #5BC937 #37A4C9

square

#A537C9 #C95C37 #5BC937 #37A4C9

split-complementary

#A537C9 #A4C937 #37C95C

monochromatic

#561C69 #7E2999 #A537C9 #BB67D6 #D097E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A537C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A537C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537C9

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537C9	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.223 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478da',
    500: '#a537c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537c9;
$custom-light: #c478da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5595,
    "c": 0.22322,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537C9

secondary

#9DCF8D

accent

#E1476D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537C9

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

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