#A237C7#A237C7

#A237C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.220 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237C7
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 64.03, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 84.11, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.158 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.22 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5737, 14.5383, 55.4281)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237C7 #5CC737

analogous

#5A37C7 #A237C7 #C737A4

triadic

#A237C7 #C7A237 #37C7A2

tetradic

#A237C7 #C75A37 #5CC737 #37A4C7

square

#A237C7 #C75A37 #5CC737 #37A4C7

split-complementary

#A237C7 #A4C737 #37C75A

monochromatic

#541C67 #7B2A97 #A237C7 #B866D5 #CF96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A237C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A237C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237C7

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237C7	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.220 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278d9',
    500: '#a237c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237c7;
$custom-light: #c278d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55414,
    "c": 0.22036,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237C7

secondary

#9DCD8C

accent

#E0486F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237C7

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

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