#A235B9#A235B9

#A235B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.210 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235B9
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 185)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 62.10, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 78.62, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1612 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.21 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9293, 13.7316, 47.2269)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235B9 #4CB935

analogous

#6035B9 #A235B9 #B9358E

triadic

#A235B9 #B9A235 #35B9A2

tetradic

#A235B9 #B96035 #4CB935 #358EB9

square

#A235B9 #B96035 #4CB935 #358EB9

split-complementary

#A235B9 #8EB935 #35B960

monochromatic

#4F1A5A #782789 #A235B9 #BC5BD0 #CF8BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#A235B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#A235B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235B9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235B9	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.210 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176cf',
    500: '#a235b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235b9;
$custom-light: #c176cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.545,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54313,
    "c": 0.21031,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235B9

secondary

#8EC882

accent

#DF4963

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235B9

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

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