#A236D2#A236D2

#A236D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.231 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236D2
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 210)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 66.59, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 89.57, 318.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1575 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.231 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8502, 14.9737, 62.3834)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236D2 #66D236

analogous

#5436D2 #A236D2 #D236B4

triadic

#A236D2 #D2A236 #36D2A2

tetradic

#A236D2 #D25436 #66D236 #36B4D2

square

#A236D2 #D25436 #66D236 #36B4D2

split-complementary

#A236D2 #B4D236 #36D254

monochromatic

#581A74 #7E25A6 #A236D2 #B968DD #D09AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A236D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A236D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236D2

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236D2	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.231 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e1',
    500: '#a236d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236d2;
$custom-light: #c278e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56074,
    "c": 0.23128,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236D2

secondary

#A5D490

accent

#E64174

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236D2

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

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