#A235BE#A235BE

#A235BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.215 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235BE
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 63.05, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 80.87, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1609 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.215 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4664, 13.9465, 50.0557)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235BE #51BE35

analogous

#5D35BE #A235BE #BE3596

triadic

#A235BE #BEA235 #35BEA2

tetradic

#A235BE #BE5D35 #51BE35 #3596BE

square

#A235BE #BE5D35 #51BE35 #3596BE

split-complementary

#A235BE #96BE35 #35BE5D

monochromatic

#501A5E #79288E #A235BE #BA5ED2 #CF8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#A235BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#A235BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235BE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235BE	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.215 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d2',
    500: '#a235be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235be;
$custom-light: #c177d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.737,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.21466,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235BE

secondary

#93CA85

accent

#E04867

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235BE

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

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