#A237D1#A237D1

#A237D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.229 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237D1
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 66.02, -59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 88.70, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1568 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.229 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7731, 15.0181, 61.7450)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237D1 #66D137

analogous

#5537D1 #A237D1 #D137B3

triadic

#A237D1 #D1A237 #37D1A2

tetradic

#A237D1 #D15537 #66D137 #37B3D1

square

#A237D1 #D15537 #66D137 #37B3D1

split-complementary

#A237D1 #B3D137 #37D155

monochromatic

#581A73 #7E26A5 #A237D1 #B969DC #D09BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A237D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A237D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D1

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237D1	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.229 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e0',
    500: '#a237d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237d1;
$custom-light: #c278e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.688,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56096,
    "c": 0.22932,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237D1

secondary

#A5D490

accent

#E64274

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D1

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

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