#A236BE#A236BE

#A236BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.214 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236BE
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 62.67, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 80.44, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1599 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.214 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5125, 14.0386, 50.0711)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236BE #52BE36

analogous

#5E36BE #A236BE #BE3696

triadic

#A236BE #BEA236 #36BEA2

tetradic

#A236BE #BE5E36 #52BE36 #3696BE

square

#A236BE #BE5E36 #52BE36 #3696BE

split-complementary

#A236BE #96BE36 #36BE5E

monochromatic

#511B5F #79288E #A236BE #BA60D2 #CF8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#A236BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A236BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236BE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236BE	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.214 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d2',
    500: '#a236be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236be;
$custom-light: #c177d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54728,
    "c": 0.21352,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236BE

secondary

#94CA86

accent

#DF4968

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236BE

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

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