#A235D3#A235D3

#A235D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.233 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235D3
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 74.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 67.15, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 90.44, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1583 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.233 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9291, 14.9316, 63.0262)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235D3 #66D335

analogous

#5335D3 #A235D3 #D335B5

triadic

#A235D3 #D3A235 #35D3A2

tetradic

#A235D3 #D35335 #66D335 #35B5D3

square

#A235D3 #D35335 #66D335 #35B5D3

split-complementary

#A235D3 #B5D335 #35D353

monochromatic

#581974 #7E24A7 #A235D3 #B967DE #D09AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A235D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A235D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235D3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235D3	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.233 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277e1',
    500: '#a235d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235d3;
$custom-light: #c277e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.392,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56055,
    "c": 0.2332,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235D3

secondary

#A5D58F

accent

#E74174

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235D3

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

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