#A235A4#A235A4

#A235A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.192 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235A4
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 164)
HSL	hsl(299, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 67.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 58.31, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 69.45, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1616 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.192 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8739, 12.9095, 36.4018)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235A4 #37A435

analogous

#6B35A4 #A235A4 #A4356E

triadic

#A235A4 #A4A235 #35A4A2

tetradic

#A235A4 #A46B35 #37A435 #356EA4

square

#A235A4 #A46B35 #37A435 #356EA4

split-complementary

#A235A4 #6EA435 #35A46B

monochromatic

#471747 #742676 #A235A4 #C450C6 #D47ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A235A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A235A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235A4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235A4	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.192 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176bf',
    500: '#a235a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235a4;
$custom-light: #c176bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.919,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53046,
    "c": 0.19247,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235A4

secondary

#78BE76

accent

#DB4D50

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235A4

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

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