#A236AD#A236AD

#A236AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.199 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236AD
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 59.51, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 72.87, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1606 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.199 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7616, 13.3383, 40.8500)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236AD #41AD36

analogous

#6736AD #A236AD #AD367D

triadic

#A236AD #ADA236 #36ADA2

tetradic

#A236AD #AD6736 #41AD36 #367DAD

square

#A236AD #AD6736 #41AD36 #367DAD

split-complementary

#A236AD #7DAD36 #36AD67

monochromatic

#4B1950 #76277E #A236AD #BF56CA #D185D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#A236AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#A236AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236AD

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236AD	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#165EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.199 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176c6',
    500: '#a236ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236ad;
$custom-light: #c176c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.454,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53671,
    "c": 0.19879,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236AD

secondary

#83C27C

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236AD

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

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