#A236A6#A236A6

#A236A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.193 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A6
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 58.27, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 69.85, 326.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.1606 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.193 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1020, 13.0744, 37.3758)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A6 #3AA636

analogous

#6A36A6 #A236A6 #A63672

triadic

#A236A6 #A6A236 #36A6A2

tetradic

#A236A6 #A66A36 #3AA636 #3672A6

square

#A236A6 #A66A36 #3AA636 #3672A6

split-complementary

#A236A6 #72A636 #36A66A

monochromatic

#48184A #752778 #A236A6 #C352C7 #D381D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#A236A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A236A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A6

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A6	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.193 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176c1',
    500: '#a236a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a6;
$custom-light: #c176c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53261,
    "c": 0.19287,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A6

secondary

#7BBF79

accent

#DA4D52

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A6

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

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