#A36BAE#A36BAE

#A36BAE is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.116 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36BAE
RGB	rgb(163, 107, 174)
HSL	hsl(290, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 33.82, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 43.16, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.0903 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.116 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0010, 21.3588, 42.6839)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36BAE #76AE6B

analogous

#816BAE #A36BAE #AE6B98

triadic

#A36BAE #AEA36B #6BAEA3

tetradic

#A36BAE #AE816B #76AE6B #6B98AE

square

#A36BAE #AE816B #76AE6B #6B98AE

split-complementary

#A36BAE #98AE6B #6BAE81

monochromatic

#5F3867 #834E8E #A36BAE #BC93C4 #D4BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A36BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A36BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36BAE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36BAE	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 107, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.116 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf96c6',
    500: '#a36bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36bae;
$custom-light: #bf96c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 29.258,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61139,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36BAE

secondary

#B1C8AC

accent

#C66273

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120D13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36BAE

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

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