#A237D9#A237D9

#A237D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.237 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237D9
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 67.64, -62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 92.39, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1555 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.237 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7885, 15.4242, 67.0928)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237D9 #6ED937

analogous

#5137D9 #A237D9 #D937BF

triadic

#A237D9 #D9A237 #37D9A2

tetradic

#A237D9 #D95137 #6ED937 #37BFD9

square

#A237D9 #D95137 #6ED937 #37BFD9

split-complementary

#A237D9 #BFD937 #37D951

monochromatic

#5B187E #8022B1 #A237D9 #BA6AE3 #D29EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A237D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A237D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237D9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237D9	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#156FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.237 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c379e6',
    500: '#a237d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237d9;
$custom-light: #c379e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.63,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56659,
    "c": 0.23652,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237D9

secondary

#ABD993

accent

#EB3D78

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237D9

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

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