#A837D6#A837D6

#A837D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.236 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837D6
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 214)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 74.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 68.15, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 90.88, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1635 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.236 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6502, 15.9132, 65.1150)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837D6 #65D637

analogous

#5937D6 #A837D6 #D637B4

triadic

#A837D6 #D6A837 #37D6A8

tetradic

#A837D6 #D65937 #65D637 #37B4D6

square

#A837D6 #D65937 #65D637 #37B4D6

split-complementary

#A837D6 #B4D637 #37D659

monochromatic

#5E197A #8523AC #A837D6 #BE6AE0 #D49DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A837D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A837D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837D6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837D6	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A72D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.236 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779e3',
    500: '#a837d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837d6;
$custom-light: #c779e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.642,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57229,
    "c": 0.23572,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837D6

secondary

#A6D792

accent

#E93F70

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837D6

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

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