#A237A3#A237A3

#A237A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.189 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A3
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 57.34, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 68.12, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1594 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.189 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8770, 13.0596, 35.9590)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A3 #38A337

analogous

#6C37A3 #A237A3 #A3376E

triadic

#A237A3 #A3A237 #37A3A2

tetradic

#A237A3 #A36C37 #38A337 #376EA3

square

#A237A3 #A36C37 #38A337 #376EA3

split-complementary

#A237A3 #6EA337 #37A36C

monochromatic

#471847 #752875 #A237A3 #C452C5 #D380D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#A237A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A237A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A3

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A3	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.189 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177bf',
    500: '#a237a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a3;
$custom-light: #c177bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.444,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53192,
    "c": 0.18908,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A3

secondary

#79BE78

accent

#D94F50

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A3

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

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