#A837C8#A837C8

#A837C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.223 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837C8
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 65.44, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 84.55, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1652 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.223 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9385, 15.2286, 56.1001)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837C8 #57C837

analogous

#6037C8 #A837C8 #C8379F

triadic

#A837C8 #C8A837 #37C8A8

tetradic

#A837C8 #C86037 #57C837 #379FC8

square

#A837C8 #C86037 #57C837 #379FC8

split-complementary

#A837C8 #9FC837 #37C860

monochromatic

#571D68 #802A98 #A837C8 #BD67D5 #D297E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A837C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A837C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837C8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837C8	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.223 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679d9',
    500: '#a837c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837c8;
$custom-light: #c679d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5629,
    "c": 0.22346,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837C8

secondary

#9BCE8D

accent

#E04869

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

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