#8436C2#8436C2

#8436C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.208 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8436C2
RGB	rgb(132, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 57.48, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 82.65, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.1208 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.208 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5703, 11.4391, 52.1528)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8436C2 #74C236

analogous

#3E36C2 #8436C2 #C236BA

triadic

#8436C2 #C28436 #36C284

tetradic

#8436C2 #C23E36 #74C236 #36BAC2

square

#8436C2 #C23E36 #74C236 #36BAC2

split-complementary

#8436C2 #BAC236 #36C23E

monochromatic

#431B62 #632992 #8436C2 #A162D3 #BE92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8436C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8436C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8436C2

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8436C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8436C2	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#795779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8436c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.208 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d5',
    500: '#8436c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8436c2;
$custom-light: #ad74d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8436c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51106,
    "c": 0.20762,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8436C2

secondary

#A6CC88

accent

#E0488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8436C2

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

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