#A237A4#A237A4

#A237A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.190 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A4
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 57.52, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 68.55, 327.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1594 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.19 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9669, 13.0956, 36.4328)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A4 #39A437

analogous

#6B37A4 #A237A4 #A4376F

triadic

#A237A4 #A4A237 #37A4A2

tetradic

#A237A4 #A46B37 #39A437 #376FA4

square

#A237A4 #A46B37 #39A437 #376FA4

split-complementary

#A237A4 #6FA437 #37A46B

monochromatic

#471848 #752876 #A237A4 #C353C5 #D381D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#A237A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#A237A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A4	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.190 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177bf',
    500: '#a237a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a4;
$custom-light: #c177bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.899,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53249,
    "c": 0.18992,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A4

secondary

#7ABE79

accent

#D94F51

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →