#A237C1#A237C1

#A237C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.215 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237C1
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 62.87, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 81.37, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1586 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.215 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8907, 14.2651, 51.8314)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237C1 #56C137

analogous

#5D37C1 #A237C1 #C1379B

triadic

#A237C1 #C1A237 #37C1A2

tetradic

#A237C1 #C15D37 #56C137 #379BC1

square

#A237C1 #C15D37 #56C137 #379BC1

split-complementary

#A237C1 #9BC137 #37C15D

monochromatic

#521C62 #7A2991 #A237C1 #B963D2 #CF92E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A237C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A237C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237C1

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237C1	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.215 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178d4',
    500: '#a237c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237c1;
$custom-light: #c178d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.522,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55018,
    "c": 0.21502,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237C1

secondary

#98CB89

accent

#DF496B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237C1

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

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