#8836C7#8836C7

#8836C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.214 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8836C7
RGB	rgb(136, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 59.37, -60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 85.00, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1254 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.214 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7790, 11.9963, 55.1899)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8836C7 #75C736

analogous

#4036C7 #8836C7 #C736BE

triadic

#8836C7 #C78836 #36C788

tetradic

#8836C7 #C74036 #75C736 #36BEC7

square

#8836C7 #C74036 #75C736 #36BEC7

split-complementary

#8836C7 #BEC736 #36C740

monochromatic

#461C67 #672997 #8836C7 #A465D5 #C195E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8836C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8836C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8836C7

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8836C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8836C7	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8836c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.214 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d9',
    500: '#8836c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8836c7;
$custom-light: #b075d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8836c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.931,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51973,
    "c": 0.21358,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8836C7

secondary

#A8CE8B

accent

#E1478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8836C7

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

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