#A237BD#A237BD

#A237BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.211 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237BD
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 62.10, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 79.56, 321.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.159 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.211 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4506, 14.0891, 49.5131)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237BD #52BD37

analogous

#5F37BD #A237BD #BD3795

triadic

#A237BD #BDA237 #37BDA2

tetradic

#A237BD #BD5F37 #52BD37 #3795BD

square

#A237BD #BD5F37 #52BD37 #3795BD

split-complementary

#A237BD #95BD37 #37BD5F

monochromatic

#511B5E #79298E #A237BD #BA60D1 #CF90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#A237BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A237BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237BD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237BD	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.211 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d1',
    500: '#a237bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237bd;
$custom-light: #c177d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.91,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54759,
    "c": 0.21148,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237BD

secondary

#94C986

accent

#DE4A68

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237BD

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

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