#A236A8#A236A8

#A236A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.195 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236A8
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 58.62, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 70.71, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1606 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.195 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2868, 13.1483, 38.3495)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236A8 #3CA836

analogous

#6936A8 #A236A8 #A83675

triadic

#A236A8 #A8A236 #36A8A2

tetradic

#A236A8 #A86936 #3CA836 #3675A8

square

#A236A8 #A86936 #3CA836 #3675A8

split-complementary

#A236A8 #75A836 #36A869

monochromatic

#49184B #75277A #A236A8 #C253C8 #D282D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A236A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A236A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236A8

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236A8	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F5DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6476B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.195 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176c2',
    500: '#a236a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236a8;
$custom-light: #c176c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53376,
    "c": 0.19455,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236A8

secondary

#7DC07A

accent

#DB4D54

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236A8

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

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