#A235D7#A235D7

#A235D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.237 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235D7
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 67.96, -62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 92.27, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1576 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.237 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4368, 15.1346, 65.7001)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235D7 #6AD735

analogous

#5135D7 #A235D7 #D735BB

triadic

#A235D7 #D7A235 #35D7A2

tetradic

#A235D7 #D75135 #6AD735 #35BBD7

square

#A235D7 #D75135 #6AD735 #35BBD7

split-complementary

#A235D7 #BBD735 #35D751

monochromatic

#5A187A #7F22AD #A235D7 #BA68E1 #D19BEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A235D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A235D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235D7

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235D7	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.237 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378e4',
    500: '#a235d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235d7;
$custom-light: #c378e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.37,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56339,
    "c": 0.23677,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235D7

secondary

#A8D791

accent

#EA3E76

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235D7

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

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