#A235D4#A235D4

#A235D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.234 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235D4
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 75%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 67.35, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 90.90, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1581 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.234 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0549, 14.9819, 63.6885)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235D4 #67D435

analogous

#5335D4 #A235D4 #D435B7

triadic

#A235D4 #D4A235 #35D4A2

tetradic

#A235D4 #D45335 #67D435 #35B7D4

square

#A235D4 #D45335 #67D435 #35B7D4

split-complementary

#A235D4 #B7D435 #35D453

monochromatic

#581976 #7E24A8 #A235D4 #B967DF #D09AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A235D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A235D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235D4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235D4	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.234 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277e2',
    500: '#a235d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235d4;
$custom-light: #c277e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.132,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56126,
    "c": 0.2341,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235D4

secondary

#A5D590

accent

#E84075

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235D4

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

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