#A236AE#A236AE

#A236AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.200 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236AE
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(294, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 59.69, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 73.31, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1606 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.2 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8587, 13.3771, 41.3615)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236AE #42AE36

analogous

#6636AE #A236AE #AE367E

triadic

#A236AE #AEA236 #36AEA2

tetradic

#A236AE #AE6636 #42AE36 #367EAE

square

#A236AE #AE6636 #42AE36 #367EAE

split-complementary

#A236AE #7EAE36 #36AE66

monochromatic

#4B1951 #77287F #A236AE #BF56CB #D185D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#A236AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#A236AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236AE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236AE	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#145EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.200 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176c7',
    500: '#a236ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236ae;
$custom-light: #c176c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53731,
    "c": 0.19964,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236AE

secondary

#84C37D

accent

#DC4C5A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236AE

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

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