#8436BE#8436BE

#8436BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.204 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8436BE
RGB	rgb(132, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 56.57, -57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 80.68, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1215 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.204 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1271, 11.2618, 49.8186)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8436BE #70BE36

analogous

#4036BE #8436BE #BE36B4

triadic

#8436BE #BE8436 #36BE84

tetradic

#8436BE #BE4036 #70BE36 #36B4BE

square

#8436BE #BE4036 #70BE36 #36B4BE

split-complementary

#8436BE #B4BE36 #36BE40

monochromatic

#421B5F #63288E #8436BE #A160D2 #BD8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8436BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8436BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8436BE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8436BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8436BE	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8436be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.204 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d2',
    500: '#8436be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8436be;
$custom-light: #ad74d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8436be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50807,
    "c": 0.20358,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8436BE

secondary

#A3CA86

accent

#DF4989

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8436BE

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

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