#A237B5#A237B5

#A237B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.204 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237B5
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 60.59, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 75.96, 322.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1594 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.204 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6060, 13.7513, 45.0653)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237B5 #4AB537

analogous

#6337B5 #A237B5 #B53789

triadic

#A237B5 #B5A237 #37B5A2

tetradic

#A237B5 #B56337 #4AB537 #3789B5

square

#A237B5 #B56337 #4AB537 #3789B5

split-complementary

#A237B5 #89B537 #37B563

monochromatic

#4E1A57 #782986 #A237B5 #BC5CCD #CF8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#A237B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#A237B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237B5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237B5	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0260B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.204 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cc',
    500: '#a237b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237b5;
$custom-light: #c177cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.952,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54256,
    "c": 0.20446,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237B5

secondary

#8CC682

accent

#DD4B61

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237B5

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

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