#A236BD#A236BD

#A236BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.213 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236BD
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 62.48, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 79.99, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.16 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.213 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4035, 13.9950, 49.4974)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236BD #51BD36

analogous

#5E36BD #A236BD #BD3695

triadic

#A236BD #BDA236 #36BDA2

tetradic

#A236BD #BD5E36 #51BD36 #3695BD

square

#A236BD #BD5E36 #51BD36 #3695BD

split-complementary

#A236BD #95BD36 #36BD5E

monochromatic

#501B5E #79288D #A236BD #BA5FD1 #CF8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#A236BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A236BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236BD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236BD	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.213 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d1',
    500: '#a236bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236bd;
$custom-light: #c177d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54663,
    "c": 0.21265,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236BD

secondary

#93C985

accent

#DF4967

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236BD

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

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