#A237BB#A237BB

#A237BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.210 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237BB
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 61.72, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 78.65, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1591 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.21 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2350, 14.0028, 48.3777)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237BB #50BB37

analogous

#6037BB #A237BB #BB3792

triadic

#A237BB #BBA237 #37BBA2

tetradic

#A237BB #BB6037 #50BB37 #3792BB

square

#A237BB #BB6037 #50BB37 #3792BB

split-complementary

#A237BB #92BB37 #37BB60

monochromatic

#501B5C #79298C #A237BB #BB5FD0 #CF8EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#A237BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A237BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237BB

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237BB	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.210 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d0',
    500: '#a237bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237bb;
$custom-light: #c177d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54632,
    "c": 0.20971,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237BB

secondary

#92C985

accent

#DE4A66

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237BB

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

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