#A537D7#A537D7

#A537D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.236 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537D7
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 67.79, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 91.40, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1596 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.236 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1468, 15.6389, 65.7600)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537D7 #69D737

analogous

#5537D7 #A537D7 #D737B9

triadic

#A537D7 #D7A537 #37D7A5

tetradic

#A537D7 #D75537 #69D737 #37B9D7

square

#A537D7 #D75537 #69D737 #37B9D7

split-complementary

#A537D7 #B9D737 #37D755

monochromatic

#5C197B #8223AE #A537D7 #BC6AE1 #D39DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A537D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A537D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537D7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537D7	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2270D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.236 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579e4',
    500: '#a537d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537d7;
$custom-light: #c579e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56906,
    "c": 0.23564,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537D7

secondary

#A8D792

accent

#EA3E74

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537D7

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

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