#A237B8#A237B8

#A237B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.207 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237B8
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 61.15, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 77.30, 322.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1593 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.207 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9172, 13.8757, 46.7039)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237B8 #4DB837

analogous

#6137B8 #A237B8 #B8378E

triadic

#A237B8 #B8A237 #37B8A2

tetradic

#A237B8 #B86137 #4DB837 #378EB8

square

#A237B8 #B86137 #4DB837 #378EB8

split-complementary

#A237B8 #8EB837 #37B861

monochromatic

#4F1B5A #792989 #A237B8 #BB5DCF #CF8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#A237B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A237B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237B8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237B8	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.207 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177ce',
    500: '#a237b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237b8;
$custom-light: #c177ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.767,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54442,
    "c": 0.20708,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237B8

secondary

#8FC784

accent

#DD4A64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237B8

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

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