#A237A0#A237A0

#A237A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.187 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A0
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 160)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 1.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 56.83, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 66.86, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1592 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.187 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6114, 12.9534, 34.5602)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A0 #37A239

analogous

#6E37A2 #A237A0 #A2376B

triadic

#A237A0 #A0A237 #37A0A2

tetradic

#A237A0 #A26E37 #37A239 #376BA2

square

#A237A0 #A26E37 #37A239 #376BA2

split-complementary

#A237A0 #6BA237 #37A26E

monochromatic

#471846 #742773 #A237A0 #C452C2 #D480D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#A237A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A237A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A0

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A0	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.187 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176bc',
    500: '#a237a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a0;
$custom-light: #c176bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.121,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53025,
    "c": 0.18659,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A0

secondary

#78BD79

accent

#D9524F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A0

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

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