#A236C0#A236C0

#A236C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.215 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236C0
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 192)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 63.05, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 81.34, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1597 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.215 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7325, 14.1266, 51.2302)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236C0 #54C036

analogous

#5D36C0 #A236C0 #C03699

triadic

#A236C0 #C0A236 #36C0A2

tetradic

#A236C0 #C05D36 #54C036 #3699C0

square

#A236C0 #C05D36 #54C036 #3699C0

split-complementary

#A236C0 #99C036 #36C05D

monochromatic

#511B60 #7A2990 #A236C0 #BA61D2 #CF90E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A236C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A236C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236C0

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236C0	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A15278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.215 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c177d4',
    500: '#a236c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236c0;
$custom-light: #c177d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54858,
    "c": 0.21528,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236C0

secondary

#96CB87

accent

#DF4869

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236C0

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

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