#A236A3#A236A3

#A236A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.190 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A3
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 163)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 66.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 57.74, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 68.58, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1605 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.19 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8300, 12.9656, 35.9434)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A3 #37A336

analogous

#6C36A3 #A236A3 #A3366D

triadic

#A236A3 #A3A236 #36A3A2

tetradic

#A236A3 #A36C36 #37A336 #366DA3

square

#A236A3 #A36C36 #37A336 #366DA3

split-complementary

#A236A3 #6DA336 #36A36C

monochromatic

#471847 #742775 #A236A3 #C451C5 #D47FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#A236A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A236A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A3	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.190 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176bf',
    500: '#a236a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a3;
$custom-light: #c176bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.45,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5309,
    "c": 0.19037,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A3

secondary

#78BE77

accent

#DA4E4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A3

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

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