#A237C8#A237C8

#A237C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.221 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237C8
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 64.23, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 84.56, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1579 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.221 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6901, 14.5849, 56.0416)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237C8 #5DC837

analogous

#5A37C8 #A237C8 #C837A5

triadic

#A237C8 #C8A237 #37C8A2

tetradic

#A237C8 #C85A37 #5DC837 #37A5C8

square

#A237C8 #C85A37 #5DC837 #37A5C8

split-complementary

#A237C8 #A5C837 #37C85A

monochromatic

#541D68 #7B2A98 #A237C8 #B867D5 #CF97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A237C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A237C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237C8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237C8	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.221 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278d9',
    500: '#a237c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237c8;
$custom-light: #c278d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55481,
    "c": 0.22125,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237C8

secondary

#9ECE8D

accent

#E04870

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237C8

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

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