#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
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 208)
HSL	hsl(282, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 65.82, -58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 88.24, 318.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1569 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.228 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6497, 14.9687, 61.0950)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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
##A237D0	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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