#A236B5#A236B5

#A236B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.206 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236B5
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 60.98, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 76.40, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1604 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.206 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5590, 13.6572, 45.0496)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236B5 #49B536

analogous

#6236B5 #A236B5 #B53688

triadic

#A236B5 #B5A236 #36B5A2

tetradic

#A236B5 #B56236 #49B536 #3688B5

square

#A236B5 #B56236 #49B536 #3688B5

split-complementary

#A236B5 #88B536 #36B562

monochromatic

#4E1A57 #782886 #A236B5 #BD5ACE #D089DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#A236B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A236B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236B5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236B5	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.206 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cc',
    500: '#a236b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236b5;
$custom-light: #c177cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.024,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54158,
    "c": 0.20567,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236B5

secondary

#8BC681

accent

#DD4A60

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236B5

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

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