#A237B9#A237B9

#A237B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.208 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237B9
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 61.34, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 77.75, 322.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1592 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.208 320)
XYZ	xyz(25.0224, 13.9178, 47.2579)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237B9 #4EB937

analogous

#6137B9 #A237B9 #B9378F

triadic

#A237B9 #B9A237 #37B9A2

tetradic

#A237B9 #B96137 #4EB937 #378FB9

square

#A237B9 #B96137 #4EB937 #378FB9

split-complementary

#A237B9 #8FB937 #37B961

monochromatic

#4F1B5B #79298A #A237B9 #BB5ECF #CF8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#A237B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#A237B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237B9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237B9	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.208 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cf',
    500: '#a237b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237b9;
$custom-light: #c177cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54505,
    "c": 0.20796,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.13917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237B9

secondary

#90C884

accent

#DE4A64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237B9

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

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