#A236C4#A236C4

#A236C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.219 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236C4
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 63.83, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 83.16, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1593 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.219 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1818, 14.3063, 53.5961)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236C4 #58C436

analogous

#5B36C4 #A236C4 #C4369F

triadic

#A236C4 #C4A236 #36C4A2

tetradic

#A236C4 #C45B36 #58C436 #369FC4

square

#A236C4 #C45B36 #58C436 #369FC4

split-complementary

#A236C4 #9FC436 #36C45B

monochromatic

#531C64 #7A2994 #A236C4 #B963D4 #CF93E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A236C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A236C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236C4

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236C4	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.219 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277d7',
    500: '#a236c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236c4;
$custom-light: #c277d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55121,
    "c": 0.21881,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236C4

secondary

#99CC89

accent

#E0486C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236C4

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

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