#9236C8#9236C8

#9236C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.217 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9236C8
RGB	rgb(146, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 61.48, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 85.23, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.1385 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.217 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5965, 12.9199, 55.8831)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9236C8 #6CC836

analogous

#4936C8 #9236C8 #C836B5

triadic

#9236C8 #C89236 #36C892

tetradic

#9236C8 #C84936 #6CC836 #36B5C8

square

#9236C8 #C84936 #6CC836 #36B5C8

split-complementary

#9236C8 #B5C836 #36C849

monochromatic

#4C1C68 #6F2998 #9236C8 #AC66D6 #C696E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#9236C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9236C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9236C8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9236C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9236C8	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1166C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9236c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.217 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b776da',
    500: '#9236c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9236c8;
$custom-light: #b776da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9236c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53296,
    "c": 0.21718,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9236C8

secondary

#A4CE8C

accent

#E14780

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9236C8

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

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