#836FAC#836FAC

#836FAC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.094 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836FAC
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 172)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 20.94, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 36.36, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0449 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.094 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4892, 19.1726, 41.5376)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836FAC #98AC6F

analogous

#6F79AC #836FAC #A16FAC

triadic

#836FAC #AC836F #6FAC83

tetradic

#836FAC #AC6F79 #98AC6F #6FACA1

square

#836FAC #AC6F79 #98AC6F #6FACA1

split-complementary

#836FAC #ACA16F #79AC6F

monochromatic

#493B66 #65518D #836FAC #A496C2 #C6BDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#836FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#836FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #836FAC

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##836FAC	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6079AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.094 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a898c5',
    500: '#836fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836fac;
$custom-light: #a898c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 26.872,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58486,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836FAC

secondary

#C0C8AF

accent

#C365A4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #836FAC

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

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