#A236D3#A236D3

#A236D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.232 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236D3
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 66.79, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 90.03, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1574 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.232 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9752, 15.0237, 63.0416)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236D3 #67D336

analogous

#5436D3 #A236D3 #D336B6

triadic

#A236D3 #D3A236 #36D3A2

tetradic

#A236D3 #D35436 #67D336 #36B6D3

square

#A236D3 #D35436 #67D336 #36B6D3

split-complementary

#A236D3 #B6D336 #36D354

monochromatic

#581A75 #7E25A7 #A236D3 #B968DE #D09AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#A236D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A236D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236D3

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236D3	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.232 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c278e1',
    500: '#a236d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236d3;
$custom-light: #c278e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.274,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56144,
    "c": 0.23217,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236D3

secondary

#A5D590

accent

#E74175

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236D3

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

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