#A237A2#A237A2

#A237A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.188 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A2
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 57.17, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 67.70, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% 0.1594 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.188 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7878, 13.0239, 35.4890)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A2 #37A237

analogous

#6C37A2 #A237A2 #A2376C

triadic

#A237A2 #A2A237 #37A2A2

tetradic

#A237A2 #A26C37 #37A237 #376CA2

square

#A237A2 #A26C37 #37A237 #376CA2

split-complementary

#A237A2 #6CA237 #37A26C

monochromatic

#471847 #742774 #A237A2 #C452C4 #D480D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A237A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A237A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A2	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.188 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176be',
    500: '#a237a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a2;
$custom-light: #c176be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53136,
    "c": 0.18826,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A2

secondary

#78BD78

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A2

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

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