#A237C0#A237C0

#A237C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.214 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237C0
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 192)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 62.67, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 80.91, 320.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1587 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.214 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7796, 14.2207, 51.2459)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237C0 #55C037

analogous

#5D37C0 #A237C0 #C03799

triadic

#A237C0 #C0A237 #37C0A2

tetradic

#A237C0 #C05D37 #55C037 #3799C0

square

#A237C0 #C05D37 #55C037 #3799C0

split-complementary

#A237C0 #99C037 #37C05D

monochromatic

#521C61 #7A2990 #A237C0 #BA62D2 #CF92E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A237C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A237C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237C0

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237C0	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.214 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d4',
    500: '#a237c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237c0;
$custom-light: #c178d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.861,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54953,
    "c": 0.21413,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237C0

secondary

#97CB88

accent

#DF496A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237C0

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

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