#A237C5#A237C5

#A237C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.219 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237C5
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 63.64, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 83.19, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1583 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.219 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3430, 14.4460, 54.2132)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237C5 #5AC537

analogous

#5B37C5 #A237C5 #C537A1

triadic

#A237C5 #C5A237 #37C5A2

tetradic

#A237C5 #C55B37 #5AC537 #37A1C5

square

#A237C5 #C55B37 #5AC537 #37A1C5

split-complementary

#A237C5 #A1C537 #37C55B

monochromatic

#531C65 #7B2A95 #A237C5 #B965D4 #CF95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A237C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A237C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237C5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237C5	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.219 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278d7',
    500: '#a237c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237c5;
$custom-light: #c278d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.211,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55281,
    "c": 0.21857,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237C5

secondary

#9BCD8B

accent

#E0486D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237C5

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

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