#A237CC#A237CC

#A237CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.225 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237CC
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 65.02, -56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 86.40, 318.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1574 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.225 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1637, 14.7743, 58.5359)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237CC #61CC37

analogous

#5737CC #A237CC #CC37AC

triadic

#A237CC #CCA237 #37CCA2

tetradic

#A237CC #CC5737 #61CC37 #37ACCC

square

#A237CC #CC5737 #61CC37 #37ACCC

split-complementary

#A237CC #ACCC37 #37CC57

monochromatic

#561C6D #7D289E #A237CC #B968D8 #CF99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#A237CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#A237CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237CC

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237CC	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.225 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278dc',
    500: '#a237cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237cc;
$custom-light: #c278dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.087,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55752,
    "c": 0.22482,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237CC

secondary

#A1D08E

accent

#E34572

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237CC

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

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