#A235F6#A235F6

#A235F6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.265 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A235F6
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 246)
HSL	hsl(274, 91%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 78.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 74.39, -76.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 106.53, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1508 -0.2174)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.265 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8041, 16.8816, 88.7012)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A235F6 #89F635

analogous

#4135F6 #A235F6 #F635E9

triadic

#A235F6 #F6A235 #35F6A2

tetradic

#A235F6 #F64135 #89F635 #35E9F6

square

#A235F6 #F64135 #89F635 #35E9F6

split-complementary

#A235F6 #E9F635 #35F641

monochromatic

#6308A9 #850AE4 #A235F6 #BD70F9 #D8AAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A235F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A235F6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A235F6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A235F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A235F6	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a235f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.265 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c579fa',
    500: '#a235f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a235f6;
$custom-light: #c579fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a235f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.886,
    "s": 91.469,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58662,
    "c": 0.26456,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A235F6

secondary

#BEEA9D

accent

#FF2986

background

#FCF7FF

surface

#F9EEFF

border

#D2C9D7

text

#140A18

muted

#827C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A235F6

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

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