#A537DB#A537DB

#A537DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.239 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A537DB
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 68.59, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 93.23, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.159 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.239 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6670, 15.8470, 68.5001)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A537DB #6DDB37

analogous

#5337DB #A537DB #DB37BF

triadic

#A537DB #DBA537 #37DBA5

tetradic

#A537DB #DB5337 #6DDB37 #37BFDB

square

#A537DB #DB5337 #6DDB37 #37BFDB

split-complementary

#A537DB #BFDB37 #37DB53

monochromatic

#5E1780 #8420B4 #A537DB #BC6BE4 #D49FEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A537DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A537DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A537DB

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A537DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A537DB	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1971D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a537db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.239 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579e7',
    500: '#a537db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a537db;
$custom-light: #c579e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a537db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.244,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57188,
    "c": 0.23921,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A537DB

secondary

#ABDA94

accent

#EC3B76

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A537DB

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

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