#A837C3#A837C3

#A837C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.219 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837C3
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 64.50, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 82.31, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1657 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.219 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3637, 14.9986, 53.0728)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837C3 #52C337

analogous

#6237C3 #A837C3 #C33798

triadic

#A837C3 #C3A837 #37C3A8

tetradic

#A837C3 #C36237 #52C337 #3798C3

square

#A837C3 #C36237 #52C337 #3798C3

split-complementary

#A837C3 #98C337 #37C362

monochromatic

#561C64 #7F2A93 #A837C3 #BE64D3 #D294E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A837C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A837C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837C3

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837C3	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)

#0065C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4170C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.219 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678d6',
    500: '#a837c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837c3;
$custom-light: #c678d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55967,
    "c": 0.21913,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837C3

secondary

#97CC8A

accent

#DF4966

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837C3

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

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