#A237E0#A237E0

#A237E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.243 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A237E0
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 69.08, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 95.62, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1542 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.243 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7183, 15.7962, 71.9900)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A237E0 #75E037

analogous

#4E37E0 #A237E0 #E037CA

triadic

#A237E0 #E0A237 #37E0A2

tetradic

#A237E0 #E04E37 #75E037 #37CAE0

square

#A237E0 #E04E37 #75E037 #37CAE0

split-complementary

#A237E0 #CAE037 #37E04E

monochromatic

#5E1588 #821DBD #A237E0 #BB6CE8 #D3A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A237E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A237E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A237E0

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A237E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A237E0	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a237e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.243 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c379eb',
    500: '#a237e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a237e0;
$custom-light: #c379eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a237e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.988,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57165,
    "c": 0.24285,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A237E0

secondary

#B0DD96

accent

#F0387B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A237E0

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

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