#A837CF#A837CF

#A837CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.230 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837CF
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 207)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 66.79, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 87.71, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1645 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.23 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7753, 15.5633, 60.5076)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837CF #5ECF37

analogous

#5C37CF #A837CF #CF37AA

triadic

#A837CF #CFA837 #37CFA8

tetradic

#A837CF #CF5C37 #5ECF37 #37AACF

square

#A837CF #CF5C37 #5ECF37 #37AACF

split-complementary

#A837CF #AACF37 #37CF5C

monochromatic

#5B1B71 #8227A2 #A837CF #BD68DB #D39AE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A837CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A837CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837CF

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837CF	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.230 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679de',
    500: '#a837cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837cf;
$custom-light: #c679de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.605,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56753,
    "c": 0.22957,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837CF

secondary

#A1D28F

accent

#E4436D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837CF

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

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