#A236B9#A236B9

#A236B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.209 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236B9
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 61.72, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 78.19, 322.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1602 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.209 320)
XYZ	xyz(24.9753, 13.8237, 47.2422)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236B9 #4DB936

analogous

#6136B9 #A236B9 #B9368F

triadic

#A236B9 #B9A236 #36B9A2

tetradic

#A236B9 #B96136 #4DB936 #368FB9

square

#A236B9 #B96136 #4DB936 #368FB9

split-complementary

#A236B9 #8FB936 #36B961

monochromatic

#4F1A5A #79288A #A236B9 #BB5DD0 #CF8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#A236B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A236B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236B9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236B9	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A34F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.209 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177cf',
    500: '#a236b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236b9;
$custom-light: #c177cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.466,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54408,
    "c": 0.20914,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.13822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236B9

secondary

#8FC883

accent

#DE4A64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236B9

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

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