#A236B6#A236B6

#A236B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.207 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236B6
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, 61.16, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 76.85, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1604 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.207 321)
XYZ	xyz(24.6620, 13.6984, 45.5919)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236B6 #4AB636

analogous

#6236B6 #A236B6 #B6368A

triadic

#A236B6 #B6A236 #36B6A2

tetradic

#A236B6 #B66236 #4AB636 #368AB6

square

#A236B6 #B66236 #4AB636 #368AB6

split-complementary

#A236B6 #8AB636 #36B662

monochromatic

#4E1A58 #782887 #A236B6 #BC5BCE #CF8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#A236B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A236B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236B6

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236B6	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.207 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cc',
    500: '#a236b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236b6;
$custom-light: #c177cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5422,
    "c": 0.20653,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.13697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236B6

secondary

#8CC681

accent

#DE4A61

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236B6

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