#A236C5#A236C5

#A236C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.220 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236C5
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.73, 64.02, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.73, 83.62, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.1592 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.22 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2960, 14.3520, 54.1976)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236C5 #59C536

analogous

#5B36C5 #A236C5 #C536A1

triadic

#A236C5 #C5A236 #36C5A2

tetradic

#A236C5 #C55B36 #59C536 #36A1C5

square

#A236C5 #C55B36 #59C536 #36A1C5

split-complementary

#A236C5 #A1C536 #36C55B

monochromatic

#531C65 #7B2995 #A236C5 #B964D4 #CF94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#A236C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A236C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236C5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236C5	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.220 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277d7',
    500: '#a236c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236c5;
$custom-light: #c277d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.315,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55187,
    "c": 0.2197,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236C5

secondary

#9ACD8A

accent

#E0486D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236C5

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

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