#A237B4#A237B4

#A237B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.204 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237B4
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 60.40, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 75.52, 323.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1594 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.204 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5038, 13.7104, 44.5268)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237B4 #49B437

analogous

#6337B4 #A237B4 #B43787

triadic

#A237B4 #B4A237 #37B4A2

tetradic

#A237B4 #B46337 #49B437 #3787B4

square

#A237B4 #B46337 #49B437 #3787B4

split-complementary

#A237B4 #87B437 #37B463

monochromatic

#4E1A56 #782985 #A237B4 #BD5BCD #D08ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#A237B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A237B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237B4

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237B4	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0660B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.204 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cb',
    500: '#a237b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237b4;
$custom-light: #c177cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.36,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54194,
    "c": 0.20359,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237B4

secondary

#8BC681

accent

#DD4B60

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237B4

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

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