#836ED9#836ED9

#836ED9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.158 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836ED9
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 33.40, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 62.05, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0537 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.158 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4570, 20.9861, 68.2363)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836ED9 #C4D96E

analogous

#6E8FD9 #836ED9 #B96ED9

triadic

#836ED9 #D9836E #6ED983

tetradic

#836ED9 #D96E8F #C4D96E #6ED9B9

square

#836ED9 #D96E8F #C4D96E #6ED9B9

split-complementary

#836ED9 #D9B96E #8FD96E

monochromatic

#422AA2 #5A3ECC #836ED9 #AC9EE6 #D6CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#836ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#836ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #836ED9

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##836ED9	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4380DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C8499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.158 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab98e5',
    500: '#836ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836ed9;
$custom-light: #ab98e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.776,
    "s": 58.47,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60779,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836ED9

secondary

#DDE4BF

accent

#C61FA5

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FC

border

#CECCD5

text

#100D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #836ED9

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

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