#A236C8#A236C8

#A236C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.222 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236C8
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 64.60, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 84.99, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1589 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.222 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6431, 14.4909, 56.0259)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236C8 #5CC836

analogous

#5936C8 #A236C8 #C836A5

triadic

#A236C8 #C8A236 #36C8A2

tetradic

#A236C8 #C85936 #5CC836 #36A5C8

square

#A236C8 #C85936 #5CC836 #36A5C8

split-complementary

#A236C8 #A5C836 #36C859

monochromatic

#541C68 #7B2998 #A236C8 #B866D6 #CF96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A236C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A236C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236C8

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236C8	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.222 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c277d9',
    500: '#a236c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236c8;
$custom-light: #c277d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55388,
    "c": 0.22236,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236C8

secondary

#9DCE8C

accent

#E1476F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236C8

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

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