#A237A9#A237A9

#A237A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.194 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237A9
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 169)
HSL	hsl(296, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 58.40, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 70.69, 325.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1596 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.194 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4274, 13.2798, 38.8577)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237A9 #3EA937

analogous

#6937A9 #A237A9 #A93777

triadic

#A237A9 #A9A237 #37A9A2

tetradic

#A237A9 #A96937 #3EA937 #3777A9

square

#A237A9 #A96937 #3EA937 #3777A9

split-complementary

#A237A9 #77A937 #37A969

monochromatic

#49194D #76287B #A237A9 #C155C8 #D284D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#A237A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A237A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237A9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237A9	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F5EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6496C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.194 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c3',
    500: '#a237a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237a9;
$custom-light: #c177c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.316,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53536,
    "c": 0.19412,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237A9

secondary

#80C07B

accent

#DA4D56

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237A9

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

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