#8836C3#8836C3

#8836C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.210 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8836C3
RGB	rgb(136, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 58.47, -58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 83.04, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1261 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.21 307)
XYZ	xyz(21.3207, 11.8130, 52.7761)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8836C3 #71C336

analogous

#4236C3 #8836C3 #C336B8

triadic

#8836C3 #C38836 #36C388

tetradic

#8836C3 #C34236 #71C336 #36B8C3

square

#8836C3 #C34236 #71C336 #36B8C3

split-complementary

#8836C3 #B8C336 #36C342

monochromatic

#451B63 #672993 #8836C3 #A463D4 #C092E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8836C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8836C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8836C3

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8836C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8836C3	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8836c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.210 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074d6',
    500: '#8836c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8836c3;
$custom-light: #b074d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8836c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.894,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51673,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.11813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8836C3

secondary

#A5CC89

accent

#E04888

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8836C3

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

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