#9836C6#9836C6

#9836C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.217 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9836C6
RGB	rgb(152, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 62.22, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 84.17, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1466 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.217 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4593, 13.3917, 54.7115)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9836C6 #64C636

analogous

#5036C6 #9836C6 #C636AC

triadic

#9836C6 #C69836 #36C698

tetradic

#9836C6 #C65036 #64C636 #36ACC6

square

#9836C6 #C65036 #64C636 #36ACC6

split-complementary

#9836C6 #ACC636 #36C650

monochromatic

#4E1C66 #732996 #9836C6 #B164D5 #C994E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#9836C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#9836C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9836C6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9836C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9836C6	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2568C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9836c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.217 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb76d8',
    500: '#9836c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9836c6;
$custom-light: #bb76d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9836c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53927,
    "c": 0.21714,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9836C6

secondary

#A0CD8B

accent

#E04778

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9836C6

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

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