#A236A2#A236A2

#A236A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.190 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A2
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 57.57, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 68.16, 327.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1605 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.19 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7407, 12.9299, 35.4734)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A2 #36A236

analogous

#6C36A2 #A236A2 #A2366C

triadic

#A236A2 #A2A236 #36A2A2

tetradic

#A236A2 #A26C36 #36A236 #366CA2

square

#A236A2 #A26C36 #36A236 #366CA2

split-complementary

#A236A2 #6CA236 #36A26C

monochromatic

#461746 #742774 #A236A2 #C550C5 #D47ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A236A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A236A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A2

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A2	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.190 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176be',
    500: '#a236a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a2;
$custom-light: #c176be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53034,
    "c": 0.18955,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A2

secondary

#77BD77

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A2

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

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