#A237A8#A237A8

#A237A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.193 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A8
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 168)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 58.22, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 70.26, 325.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1595 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.193 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3339, 13.2424, 38.3652)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A8 #3DA837

analogous

#6937A8 #A237A8 #A83775

triadic

#A237A8 #A8A237 #37A8A2

tetradic

#A237A8 #A86937 #3DA837 #3775A8

square

#A237A8 #A86937 #3DA837 #3775A8

split-complementary

#A237A8 #75A837 #37A869

monochromatic

#49194C #76287A #A237A8 #C155C7 #D283D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#A237A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A237A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A8	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6486B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.193 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c2',
    500: '#a237a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a8;
$custom-light: #c177c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.814,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53478,
    "c": 0.19328,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A8

secondary

#7EC07B

accent

#DA4E55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A8

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

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