#A235C4#A235C4

#A235C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.220 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235C4
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 73%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 64.20, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 83.58, 320.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.1603 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.22 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1357, 14.2142, 53.5808)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235C4 #57C435

analogous

#5B35C4 #A235C4 #C4359F

triadic

#A235C4 #C4A235 #35C4A2

tetradic

#A235C4 #C45B35 #57C435 #359FC4

square

#A235C4 #C45B35 #57C435 #359FC4

split-complementary

#A235C4 #9FC435 #35C45B

monochromatic

#521B64 #7A2894 #A235C4 #B962D4 #CF92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A235C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A235C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235C4

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235C4	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.220 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277d7',
    500: '#a235c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235c4;
$custom-light: #c277d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.734,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55028,
    "c": 0.21993,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235C4

secondary

#99CC88

accent

#E1476C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235C4

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

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