#A237D7#A237D7

#A237D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.235 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237D7
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 67.23, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 91.47, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1558 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.235 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5299, 15.3208, 65.7311)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237D7 #6CD737

analogous

#5237D7 #A237D7 #D737BC

triadic

#A237D7 #D7A237 #37D7A2

tetradic

#A237D7 #D75237 #6CD737 #37BCD7

square

#A237D7 #D75237 #6CD737 #37BCD7

split-complementary

#A237D7 #BCD737 #37D752

monochromatic

#5A197B #8023AE #A237D7 #BA6AE1 #D19DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A237D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A237D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237D7	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.235 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e4',
    500: '#a237d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237d7;
$custom-light: #c278e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.125,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.23472,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237D7

secondary

#A9D792

accent

#EA3E77

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D7

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

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