#A236B4#A236B4

#A236B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.205 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236B4
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, 60.79, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 75.96, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1605 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.205 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4568, 13.6163, 44.5112)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236B4 #48B436

analogous

#6336B4 #A236B4 #B43687

triadic

#A236B4 #B4A236 #36B4A2

tetradic

#A236B4 #B46336 #48B436 #3687B4

square

#A236B4 #B46336 #48B436 #3687B4

split-complementary

#A236B4 #87B436 #36B463

monochromatic

#4D1A56 #782885 #A236B4 #BD5ACD #D089DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#A236B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A236B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236B4

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236B4	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#015FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A44D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.205 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cb',
    500: '#a236b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236b4;
$custom-light: #c177cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54096,
    "c": 0.2048,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236B4

secondary

#8AC680

accent

#DD4B60

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236B4

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

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