#A236D7#A236D7

#A236D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.236 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A236D7
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 67.60, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 91.87, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1567 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.236 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4829, 15.2268, 65.7154)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A236D7 #6BD736

analogous

#5136D7 #A236D7 #D736BC

triadic

#A236D7 #D7A236 #36D7A2

tetradic

#A236D7 #D75136 #6BD736 #36BCD7

square

#A236D7 #D75136 #6BD736 #36BCD7

split-complementary

#A236D7 #BCD736 #36D751

monochromatic

#5A187A #8022AD #A236D7 #BA69E1 #D19CEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A236D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A236D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A236D7

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A236D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A236D7	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a236d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.236 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c378e4',
    500: '#a236d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a236d7;
$custom-light: #c378e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a236d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.248,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56427,
    "c": 0.23575,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A236D7

secondary

#A8D792

accent

#EA3E77

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A236D7

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

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