#8836BD#8836BD

#8836BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.204 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8836BD
RGB	rgb(136, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 57.13, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 80.11, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% 0.127 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.204 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6559, 11.5470, 49.2749)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8836BD #6BBD36

analogous

#4436BD #8836BD #BD36AF

triadic

#8836BD #BD8836 #36BD88

tetradic

#8836BD #BD4436 #6BBD36 #36AFBD

square

#8836BD #BD4436 #6BBD36 #36AFBD

split-complementary

#8836BD #AFBD36 #36BD44

monochromatic

#431B5E #66288D #8836BD #A45FD1 #BF8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8836BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8836BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8836BD

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8836BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8836BD	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1260BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8836bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.204 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74d2',
    500: '#8836bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8836bd;
$custom-light: #af74d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8836bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51232,
    "c": 0.20365,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8836BD

secondary

#A0C985

accent

#DF4984

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8836BD

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

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