#8836C8#8836C8

#8836C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.215 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8836C8
RGB	rgb(136, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 59.59, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 85.48, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1252 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.215 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8955, 12.0429, 55.8034)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8836C8 #76C836

analogous

#3F36C8 #8836C8 #C836BF

triadic

#8836C8 #C88836 #36C888

tetradic

#8836C8 #C83F36 #76C836 #36BFC8

square

#8836C8 #C83F36 #76C836 #36BFC8

split-complementary

#8836C8 #BFC836 #36C83F

monochromatic

#461C68 #672998 #8836C8 #A566D6 #C196E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8836C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8836C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8836C8

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8836C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8836C8	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8836c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.215 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075da',
    500: '#8836c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8836c8;
$custom-light: #b075da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8836c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52048,
    "c": 0.21457,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8836C8

secondary

#A9CE8C

accent

#E1478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8836C8

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

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