#A237A6#A237A6

#A237A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.192 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A6
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 66.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 57.87, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 69.40, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1595 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.192 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1490, 13.1684, 37.3915)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A6 #3BA637

analogous

#6A37A6 #A237A6 #A63772

triadic

#A237A6 #A6A237 #37A6A2

tetradic

#A237A6 #A66A37 #3BA637 #3772A6

square

#A237A6 #A66A37 #3BA637 #3772A6

split-complementary

#A237A6 #72A637 #37A66A

monochromatic

#48194A #752878 #A237A6 #C254C6 #D382D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#A237A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A237A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A6	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.192 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c1',
    500: '#a237a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a6;
$custom-light: #c177c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.838,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53362,
    "c": 0.19159,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A6

secondary

#7CBF7A

accent

#DA4E53

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A6

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

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