#8836B4#8836B4

#8836B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.195 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8836B4
RGB	rgb(136, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.86, 55.16, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.86, 75.72, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.1282 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.195 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7092, 11.1683, 44.2886)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8836B4 #62B436

analogous

#4936B4 #8836B4 #B436A1

triadic

#8836B4 #B48836 #36B488

tetradic

#8836B4 #B44936 #62B436 #36A1B4

square

#8836B4 #B44936 #62B436 #36A1B4

split-complementary

#8836B4 #A1B436 #36B449

monochromatic

#411A56 #642885 #8836B4 #A55ACD #BF89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8836B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8836B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8836B4

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8836B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8836B4	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#255FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8836b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.195 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74cb',
    500: '#8836b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8836b4;
$custom-light: #af74cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8836b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5059,
    "c": 0.19473,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8836B4

secondary

#98C680

accent

#DD4B7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8836B4

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

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