#A237D3#A237D3

#A237D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.231 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237D3
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 66.42, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 89.62, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1565 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.231 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0222, 15.1177, 63.0573)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237D3 #68D337

analogous

#5437D3 #A237D3 #D337B6

triadic

#A237D3 #D3A237 #37D3A2

tetradic

#A237D3 #D35437 #68D337 #37B6D3

square

#A237D3 #D35437 #68D337 #37B6D3

split-complementary

#A237D3 #B6D337 #37D354

monochromatic

#591A76 #7F25A8 #A237D3 #B969DE #D19BE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A237D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A237D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D3

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237D3	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#236FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.231 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e1',
    500: '#a237d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237d3;
$custom-light: #c278e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.154,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56235,
    "c": 0.23111,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237D3

secondary

#A6D591

accent

#E74175

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D3

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

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