#A537CA#A537CA

#A537CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.224 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537CA
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 65.22, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 85.46, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1614 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.224 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5422, 14.9971, 57.3096)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537CA #5CCA37

analogous

#5B37CA #A537CA #CA37A5

triadic

#A537CA #CAA537 #37CAA5

tetradic

#A537CA #CA5B37 #5CCA37 #37A5CA

square

#A537CA #CA5B37 #5CCA37 #37A5CA

split-complementary

#A537CA #A5CA37 #37CA5B

monochromatic

#571C6A #7E299B #A537CA #BB67D7 #D198E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A537CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A537CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537CA

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537CA	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.224 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c478db',
    500: '#a537ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537ca;
$custom-light: #c478db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.898,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56017,
    "c": 0.2241,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537CA

secondary

#9ECF8E

accent

#E1466D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537CA

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

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