#A235A2#A235A2

#A235A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.191 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235A2
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 162)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 57.96, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 68.61, 327.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1616 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.191 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6947, 12.8378, 35.4580)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235A2 #35A235

analogous

#6C35A2 #A235A2 #A2356C

triadic

#A235A2 #A2A235 #35A2A2

tetradic

#A235A2 #A26C35 #35A235 #356CA2

square

#A235A2 #A26C35 #35A235 #356CA2

split-complementary

#A235A2 #6CA235 #35A26C

monochromatic

#461746 #742674 #A235A2 #C54FC5 #D47DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A235A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A235A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235A2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235A2	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50699F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.191 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176be',
    500: '#a235a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235a2;
$custom-light: #c176be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52933,
    "c": 0.19082,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235A2

secondary

#75BD75

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235A2

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

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