#A237D4#A237D4

#A237D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.232 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237D4
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 66.63, -60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 90.08, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1563 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.232 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1480, 15.1680, 63.7195)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237D4 #69D437

analogous

#5437D4 #A237D4 #D437B7

triadic

#A237D4 #D4A237 #37D4A2

tetradic

#A237D4 #D45437 #69D437 #37B7D4

square

#A237D4 #D45437 #69D437 #37B7D4

split-complementary

#A237D4 #B7D437 #37D454

monochromatic

#591A77 #7F24A9 #A237D4 #B969DF #D19CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A237D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A237D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237D4	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.232 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e2',
    500: '#a237d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237d4;
$custom-light: #c278e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.892,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56305,
    "c": 0.23202,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237D4

secondary

#A7D691

accent

#E84076

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D4

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

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