#A237AE#A237AE

#A237AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.198 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237AE
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 59.30, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 72.87, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1596 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.198 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9058, 13.4711, 41.3772)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237AE #43AE37

analogous

#6737AE #A237AE #AE377E

triadic

#A237AE #AEA237 #37AEA2

tetradic

#A237AE #AE6737 #43AE37 #377EAE

square

#A237AE #AE6737 #43AE37 #377EAE

split-complementary

#A237AE #7EAE37 #37AE67

monochromatic

#4B1A51 #77287F #A237AE #BF58CA #D186D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A237AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#A237AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237AE

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237AE	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#175FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.198 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177c7',
    500: '#a237ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237ae;
$custom-light: #c177c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.95,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5383,
    "c": 0.1984,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237AE

secondary

#85C37E

accent

#DB4C5B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237AE

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

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