#6836B3#6836B3

#6836B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.187 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6836B3
RGB	rgb(104, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, 48.48, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 75.80, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% 0.0842 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.187 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1626, 8.8358, 43.5457)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6836B3 #81B336

analogous

#3642B3 #6836B3 #A636B3

triadic

#6836B3 #B36836 #36B368

tetradic

#6836B3 #B33642 #81B336 #36B3A6

square

#6836B3 #B33642 #81B336 #36B3A6

split-complementary

#6836B3 #B3A636 #42B336

monochromatic

#311A55 #4D2884 #6836B3 #8859CD #A988DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#6836B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#6836B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6836B3

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6836B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6836B3	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6836b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.187 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9971cb',
    500: '#6836b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6836b3;
$custom-light: #9971cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6836b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46679,
    "c": 0.18658,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6836B3

secondary

#A9C580

accent

#DD4BA3

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0F0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6836B3

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

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