#A837E0#A837E0

#A837E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.245 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A837E0
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 70.14, -64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 95.44, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1619 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.245 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9666, 16.4398, 72.0485)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A837E0 #6FE037

analogous

#5337E0 #A837E0 #E037C4

triadic

#A837E0 #E0A837 #37E0A8

tetradic

#A837E0 #E05337 #6FE037 #37C4E0

square

#A837E0 #E05337 #6FE037 #37C4E0

split-complementary

#A837E0 #C4E037 #37E053

monochromatic

#621588 #881DBD #A837E0 #BF6CE8 #D6A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A837E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A837E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A837E0

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A837E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A837E0	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1473DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a837e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.245 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77aeb',
    500: '#a837e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a837e0;
$custom-light: #c77aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a837e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.118,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5793,
    "c": 0.24454,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A837E0

secondary

#ADDD96

accent

#F03875

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A837E0

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

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