#6836D9#6836D9

#6836D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.229 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6836D9
RGB	rgb(104, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(258, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.88, 58.58, -75.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.88, 95.32, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.0758 -0.2161)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.229 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5488, 10.5902, 66.6463)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6836D9 #A7D936

analogous

#3655D9 #6836D9 #B936D9

triadic

#6836D9 #D96836 #36D968

tetradic

#6836D9 #D93655 #A7D936 #36D9B9

square

#6836D9 #D93655 #A7D936 #36D9B9

split-complementary

#6836D9 #D9B936 #55D936

monochromatic

#37187D #4D21B0 #6836D9 #8F69E3 #B59DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#6836D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#6836D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6836D9

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6836D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6836D9	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6836d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.229 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e73e6',
    500: '#6836d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6836d9;
$custom-light: #9e73e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6836d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.405,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49943,
    "c": 0.22905,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6836D9

secondary

#C3D992

accent

#EB3DB6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#100816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6836D9

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

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