#A237D2#A237D2

#A237D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.230 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237D2
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 73.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 66.22, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 89.16, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1566 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.23 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8973, 15.0677, 62.3991)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237D2 #67D237

analogous

#5537D2 #A237D2 #D237B5

triadic

#A237D2 #D2A237 #37D2A2

tetradic

#A237D2 #D25537 #67D237 #37B5D2

square

#A237D2 #D25537 #67D237 #37B5D2

split-complementary

#A237D2 #B5D237 #37D255

monochromatic

#581A74 #7E25A6 #A237D2 #B969DD #D09BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A237D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#A237D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237D2	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.230 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e1',
    500: '#a237d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237d2;
$custom-light: #c278e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.419,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56165,
    "c": 0.23021,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237D2

secondary

#A5D490

accent

#E64175

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D2

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

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