#A236A0#A236A0

#A236A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.188 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A0
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 160)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 1.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 57.22, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 67.32, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1604 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.188 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5644, 12.8594, 34.5445)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A0 #36A238

analogous

#6E36A2 #A236A0 #A2366A

triadic

#A236A0 #A0A236 #36A0A2

tetradic

#A236A0 #A26E36 #36A238 #366AA2

square

#A236A0 #A26E36 #36A238 #366AA2

split-complementary

#A236A0 #6AA236 #36A26E

monochromatic

#461745 #742773 #A236A0 #C550C3 #D47ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A236A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A236A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A0

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A0	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52699D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.188 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176bc',
    500: '#a236a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a0;
$custom-light: #c176bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52922,
    "c": 0.1879,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A0

secondary

#77BD78

accent

#DA514E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A0

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

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