#A837D3#A837D3

#A837D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.233 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837D3
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 67.57, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 89.52, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1639 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.233 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2706, 15.7614, 63.1158)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837D3 #62D337

analogous

#5A37D3 #A837D3 #D337B0

triadic

#A837D3 #D3A837 #37D3A8

tetradic

#A837D3 #D35A37 #62D337 #37B0D3

square

#A837D3 #D35A37 #62D337 #37B0D3

split-complementary

#A837D3 #B0D337 #37D35A

monochromatic

#5C1A76 #8425A8 #A837D3 #BE69DE #D49BE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A837D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A837D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837D3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837D3	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.233 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679e1',
    500: '#a837d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837d3;
$custom-light: #c679e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.462,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57024,
    "c": 0.23308,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837D3

secondary

#A4D591

accent

#E7416F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837D3

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

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