#836CD5#836CD5

#836CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.155 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836CD5
RGB	rgb(131, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 33.47, -51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 61.13, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.0558 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.155 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7296, 20.3538, 65.4582)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836CD5 #BED56C

analogous

#6C89D5 #836CD5 #B86CD5

triadic

#836CD5 #D5836C #6CD583

tetradic

#836CD5 #D56C89 #BED56C #6CD5B8

square

#836CD5 #D56C89 #BED56C #6CD5B8

split-complementary

#836CD5 #D5B86C #89D56C

monochromatic

#442C9A #5B3CC7 #836CD5 #AB9CE3 #D3CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#836CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#836CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #836CD5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##836CD5	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.155 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab96e2',
    500: '#836cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836cd5;
$custom-light: #ab96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836CD5

secondary

#D9E1BB

accent

#C322A0

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100D15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #836CD5

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

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