#A236A5#A236A5

#A236A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.192 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A5
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 58.09, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 69.43, 326.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1606 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.192 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0106, 13.0378, 36.8946)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A5 #39A536

analogous

#6A36A5 #A236A5 #A53671

triadic

#A236A5 #A5A236 #36A5A2

tetradic

#A236A5 #A56A36 #39A536 #3671A5

square

#A236A5 #A56A36 #39A536 #3671A5

split-complementary

#A236A5 #71A536 #36A56A

monochromatic

#471849 #752777 #A236A5 #C352C6 #D380D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#A236A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A236A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A5	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.192 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176c0',
    500: '#a236a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a5;
$custom-light: #c176c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.378,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53204,
    "c": 0.19203,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A5

secondary

#7ABF78

accent

#DA4E51

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A5

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

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