#8436C8#8436C8

#8436C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.214 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8436C8
RGB	rgb(132, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 58.86, -62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 85.61, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1197 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.214 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2578, 11.7141, 55.7735)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8436C8 #7AC836

analogous

#3B36C8 #8436C8 #C836C3

triadic

#8436C8 #C88436 #36C884

tetradic

#8436C8 #C83B36 #7AC836 #36C3C8

square

#8436C8 #C83B36 #7AC836 #36C3C8

split-complementary

#8436C8 #C3C836 #36C83B

monochromatic

#441C68 #642998 #8436C8 #A166D6 #BF96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8436C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8436C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8436C8

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8436C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8436C8	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8436c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.214 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74da',
    500: '#8436c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8436c8;
$custom-light: #ad74da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8436c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.055,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51564,
    "c": 0.21367,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8436C8

secondary

#ABCE8C

accent

#E1478F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8436C8

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

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