#A237BE#A237BE

#A237BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.212 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237BE
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 62.29, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 80.01, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1589 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.212 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5595, 14.1326, 50.0867)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237BE #53BE37

analogous

#5F37BE #A237BE #BE3796

triadic

#A237BE #BEA237 #37BEA2

tetradic

#A237BE #BE5F37 #53BE37 #3796BE

square

#A237BE #BE5F37 #53BE37 #3796BE

split-complementary

#A237BE #96BE37 #37BE5F

monochromatic

#511C5F #7A298F #A237BE #BA61D1 #CF90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A237BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A237BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237BE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237BE	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.212 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d2',
    500: '#a237be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237be;
$custom-light: #c177d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54824,
    "c": 0.21236,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237BE

secondary

#95CA87

accent

#DE4968

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237BE

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

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