#836AEE#836AEE

#836AEE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.191 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836AEE
RGB	rgb(131, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 41.59, -63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 75.94, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0595 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.191 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9423, 21.3052, 83.4070)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#836AEE #D5EE6A

analogous

#6A93EE #836AEE #C56AEE

triadic

#836AEE #EE836A #6AEE83

tetradic

#836AEE #EE6A93 #D5EE6A #6AEEC5

square

#836AEE #EE6A93 #D5EE6A #6AEEC5

split-complementary

#836AEE #EEC56A #93EE6A

monochromatic

#3817C7 #5533E8 #836AEE #B1A1F4 #DED8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#836AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#836AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #836AEE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##836AEE	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B82F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6287A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.191 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95f4',
    500: '#836aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836aee;
$custom-light: #ad95f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61445,
    "c": 0.19067,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836AEE

secondary

#E7EFC5

accent

#DC0AB4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #836AEE

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

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