#A837CE#A837CE

#A837CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.229 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837CE
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 66.59, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 87.25, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1646 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.229 316)
XYZ	xyz(28.6535, 15.5146, 59.8658)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837CE #5DCE37

analogous

#5C37CE #A837CE #CE37A8

triadic

#A837CE #CEA837 #37CEA8

tetradic

#A837CE #CE5C37 #5DCE37 #37A8CE

square

#A837CE #CE5C37 #5DCE37 #37A8CE

split-complementary

#A837CE #A8CE37 #37CE5C

monochromatic

#5A1B6F #8227A0 #A837CE #BD68DA #D399E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A837CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A837CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837CE

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837CE	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.229 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679de',
    500: '#a837ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837ce;
$custom-light: #c679de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.901,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56686,
    "c": 0.22869,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.15513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837CE

secondary

#A0D28F

accent

#E4446C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837CE

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

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