#A837B4#A837B4

#A837B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.206 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837B4
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(294, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 61.75, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 75.70, 324.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1664 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.206 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7521, 14.3540, 44.5854)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837B4 #43B437

analogous

#6937B4 #A837B4 #B43781

triadic

#A837B4 #B4A837 #37B4A8

tetradic

#A837B4 #B46937 #43B437 #3781B4

square

#A837B4 #B46937 #43B437 #3781B4

split-complementary

#A837B4 #81B437 #37B469

monochromatic

#501A56 #7C2985 #A837B4 #C25BCD #D38ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#A837B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A837B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837B4

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837B4	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1361B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.206 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578cb',
    500: '#a837b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837b4;
$custom-light: #c578cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.24,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55039,
    "c": 0.20632,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837B4

secondary

#88C681

accent

#DD4B59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837B4

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