#9836C4#9836C4

#9836C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.215 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9836C4
RGB	rgb(152, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, 61.81, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 83.23, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1469 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.215 313)
XYZ	xyz(24.2301, 13.3000, 53.5046)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9836C4 #62C436

analogous

#5136C4 #9836C4 #C436A9

triadic

#9836C4 #C49836 #36C498

tetradic

#9836C4 #C45136 #62C436 #36A9C4

square

#9836C4 #C45136 #62C436 #36A9C4

split-complementary

#9836C4 #A9C436 #36C451

monochromatic

#4E1C64 #732994 #9836C4 #B163D4 #C993E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#9836C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#9836C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9836C4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9836C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9836C4	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2868C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9836c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.215 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb76d7',
    500: '#9836c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9836c4;
$custom-light: #bb76d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9836c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53788,
    "c": 0.21529,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.13299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9836C4

secondary

#9ECC89

accent

#E04877

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9836C4

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

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