#836CD9#836CD9

#836CD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.160 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836CD9
RGB	rgb(131, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 34.57, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 63.32, 303.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0562 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.16 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2436, 20.5594, 68.1651)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836CD9 #C2D96C

analogous

#6C8BD9 #836CD9 #B96CD9

triadic

#836CD9 #D9836C #6CD983

tetradic

#836CD9 #D96C8B #C2D96C #6CD9B9

square

#836CD9 #D96C8B #C2D96C #6CD9B9

split-complementary

#836CD9 #D9B96C #8BD96C

monochromatic

#432AA1 #5A3BCC #836CD9 #AC9DE6 #D5CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#836CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#836CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #836CD9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##836CD9	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C8298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.160 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab96e5',
    500: '#836cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836cd9;
$custom-light: #ab96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.661,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60427,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836CD9

secondary

#DCE4BD

accent

#C71FA3

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FC

border

#CECCD5

text

#100D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #836CD9

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

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