#A36AE5#A36AE5

#A36AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.182 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36AE5
RGB	rgb(163, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(268, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 46.67, -54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 71.55, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0993 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.182 303)
XYZ	xyz(34.3980, 23.7518, 76.8859)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36AE5 #ACE56A

analogous

#6A6EE5 #A36AE5 #E16AE5

triadic

#A36AE5 #E5A36A #6AE5A3

tetradic

#A36AE5 #E56A6E #ACE56A #6AE5E1

square

#A36AE5 #E56A6E #ACE56A #6AE5E1

split-complementary

#A36AE5 #E5E16A #6EE56A

monochromatic

#6520B5 #8336DC #A36AE5 #C39EEE #E3D2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A36AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A36AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36AE5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36AE5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97819D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.182 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c196ee',
    500: '#a36ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36ae5;
$custom-light: #c196ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63886,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.23752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36AE5

secondary

#D7EAC1

accent

#D2137A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36AE5

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

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