#8436C5#8436C5

#8436C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.211 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8436C5
RGB	rgb(132, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 58.17, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 84.13, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1203 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.211 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9107, 11.5752, 53.9451)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8436C5 #77C536

analogous

#3C36C5 #8436C5 #C536BF

triadic

#8436C5 #C58436 #36C584

tetradic

#8436C5 #C53C36 #77C536 #36BFC5

square

#8436C5 #C53C36 #77C536 #36BFC5

split-complementary

#8436C5 #BFC536 #36C53C

monochromatic

#441C65 #642995 #8436C5 #A164D4 #BE94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8436C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8436C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8436C5

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8436C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8436C5	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8436c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.211 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d7',
    500: '#8436c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8436c5;
$custom-light: #ad74d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8436c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51334,
    "c": 0.21065,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8436C5

secondary

#A8CD8A

accent

#E0488D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8436C5

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

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