#A237C9#A237C9

#A237C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.222 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237C9
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 64.43, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 85.02, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1578 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.222 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8074, 14.6318, 56.6591)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237C9 #5EC937

analogous

#5937C9 #A237C9 #C937A7

triadic

#A237C9 #C9A237 #37C9A2

tetradic

#A237C9 #C95937 #5EC937 #37A7C9

square

#A237C9 #C95937 #5EC937 #37A7C9

split-complementary

#A237C9 #A7C937 #37C959

monochromatic

#551C69 #7B2999 #A237C9 #B867D6 #CF97E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A237C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A237C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237C9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237C9	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.222 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278da',
    500: '#a237c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237c9;
$custom-light: #c278da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.973,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55548,
    "c": 0.22214,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237C9

secondary

#9FCF8D

accent

#E14770

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237C9

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

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