#A236A1#A236A1

#A236A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.189 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A1
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 161)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 0.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 57.40, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 67.74, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1604 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.189 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6522, 12.8945, 35.0071)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A1 #36A237

analogous

#6D36A2 #A236A1 #A2366B

triadic

#A236A1 #A1A236 #36A1A2

tetradic

#A236A1 #A26D36 #36A237 #366BA2

square

#A236A1 #A26D36 #36A237 #366BA2

split-complementary

#A236A1 #6BA236 #36A26D

monochromatic

#461746 #742773 #A236A1 #C550C4 #D47ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#A236A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A236A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A1

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A1	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.189 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176bd',
    500: '#a236a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a1;
$custom-light: #c176bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.556,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52977,
    "c": 0.18872,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A1

secondary

#77BD77

accent

#DA504E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A1

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

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