#A837C2#A837C2

#A837C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.218 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837C2
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 64.31, -50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 81.86, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1657 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.218 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2510, 14.9536, 52.4794)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837C2 #51C237

analogous

#6337C2 #A837C2 #C23797

triadic

#A837C2 #C2A837 #37C2A8

tetradic

#A837C2 #C26337 #51C237 #3797C2

square

#A837C2 #C26337 #51C237 #3797C2

split-complementary

#A837C2 #97C237 #37C263

monochromatic

#551C63 #7F2992 #A837C2 #BE63D3 #D293E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A837C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A837C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837C2

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837C2	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)

#0064C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4270BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.218 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678d5',
    500: '#a837c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837c2;
$custom-light: #c678d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.777,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55903,
    "c": 0.21826,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837C2

secondary

#96CB89

accent

#DF4965

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837C2

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