#A236A4#A236A4

#A236A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.191 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A4
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 57.92, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 69.00, 327.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1605 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.191 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9199, 13.0016, 36.4171)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A4 #38A436

analogous

#6B36A4 #A236A4 #A4366F

triadic

#A236A4 #A4A236 #36A4A2

tetradic

#A236A4 #A46B36 #38A436 #366FA4

square

#A236A4 #A46B36 #38A436 #366FA4

split-complementary

#A236A4 #6FA436 #36A46B

monochromatic

#471848 #752776 #A236A4 #C451C6 #D37FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A236A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A236A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A4

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A4	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.191 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176bf',
    500: '#a236a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a4;
$custom-light: #c176bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.909,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53147,
    "c": 0.1912,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A4

secondary

#79BE78

accent

#DA4E50

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A4

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

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