#A837CC#A837CC

#A837CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.227 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837CC
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 66.21, -55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 86.35, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1648 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.227 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4121, 15.4180, 58.5944)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837CC #5BCC37

analogous

#5D37CC #A837CC #CC37A6

triadic

#A837CC #CCA837 #37CCA8

tetradic

#A837CC #CC5D37 #5BCC37 #37A6CC

square

#A837CC #CC5D37 #5BCC37 #37A6CC

split-complementary

#A837CC #A6CC37 #37CC5D

monochromatic

#591C6D #81289E #A837CC #BD68D8 #D299E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A837CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A837CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837CC

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837CC	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3871C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.227 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679dc',
    500: '#a837cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837cc;
$custom-light: #c679dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.503,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56553,
    "c": 0.22695,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837CC

secondary

#9ED08E

accent

#E3456B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837CC

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

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