#A237D0#A237D0

#A237D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.228 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A237D0
RGBrgb(162, 55, 208)
HSLhsl(282, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(282, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(22.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(45.59, 65.82, -58.77)
CIE-LCHlch(45.59, 88.24, 318.24°)
OKLaboklab(56.03% 0.1569 -0.166)
OKLCHoklch(56.03% 0.228 313.4)
XYZxyz(27.6497, 14.9687, 61.0950)
Luminance0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A237D0 #65D037
analogous
#5637D0 #A237D0 #D037B1
triadic
#A237D0 #D0A237 #37D0A2
tetradic
#A237D0 #D05637 #65D037 #37B1D0
square
#A237D0 #D05637 #65D037 #37B1D0
split-complementary
#A237D0 #B1D037 #37D056
monochromatic
#581B72 #7E26A3 #A237D0 #B969DC #D09AE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26
#A237D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99
#A237D0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D0
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A237D0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A237D01.005.263.995.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0066D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#296ECD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D5981
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a237d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.228 313.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278df',
    500: '#a237d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a237d0;
$custom-light: #c278df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a237d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.961,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56026,
    "c": 0.22842,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A237D0
secondary
#A4D390
accent
#E54374
background
#FCF7FD
surface
#F8EEFB
border
#D1C9D4
text
#130A15
muted
#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D0

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#A237D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva