#A237AD#A237AD

#A237AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.198 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237AD
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 59.12, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 72.43, 324.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1596 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.198 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8086, 13.4323, 40.8657)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237AD #42AD37

analogous

#6737AD #A237AD #AD377D

triadic

#A237AD #ADA237 #37ADA2

tetradic

#A237AD #AD6737 #42AD37 #377DAD

square

#A237AD #AD6737 #42AD37 #377DAD

split-complementary

#A237AD #7DAD37 #37AD67

monochromatic

#4B1950 #77287F #A237AD #BF57CA #D186D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#A237AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#A237AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237AD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237AD	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#195EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.198 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c6',
    500: '#a237ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237ad;
$custom-light: #c177c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.407,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53771,
    "c": 0.19754,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237AD

secondary

#84C27D

accent

#DB4D5A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237AD

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

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