#A235C9#A235C9

#A235C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.224 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235C9
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 201)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 65.17, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 85.86, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1597 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.224 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7143, 14.4456, 56.6281)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235C9 #5CC935

analogous

#5835C9 #A235C9 #C935A6

triadic

#A235C9 #C9A235 #35C9A2

tetradic

#A235C9 #C95835 #5CC935 #35A6C9

square

#A235C9 #C95835 #5CC935 #35A6C9

split-complementary

#A235C9 #A6C935 #35C958

monochromatic

#541B68 #7B2899 #A235C9 #B865D6 #CF95E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A235C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A235C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235C9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235C9	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.224 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277da',
    500: '#a235c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235c9;
$custom-light: #c277da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.189,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55364,
    "c": 0.22433,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235C9

secondary

#9DCE8B

accent

#E1466F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235C9

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

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