#A36CD6#A36CD6

#A36CD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.161 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36CD6
RGB	rgb(163, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 42.04, -46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 62.62, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0955 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.161 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6019, 23.3670, 66.3981)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36CD6 #9FD66C

analogous

#6E6CD6 #A36CD6 #D66CD4

triadic

#A36CD6 #D6A36C #6CD6A3

tetradic

#A36CD6 #D66E6C #9FD66C #6CD4D6

square

#A36CD6 #D66E6C #9FD66C #6CD4D6

split-complementary

#A36CD6 #D4D66C #6CD66E

monochromatic

#662C9C #853CC9 #A36CD6 #C19CE3 #DFCCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#A36CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#A36CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36CD6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36CD6	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E83DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.161 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c197e3',
    500: '#a36cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36cd6;
$custom-light: #c197e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63334,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36CD6

secondary

#CEE2BC

accent

#C42270

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36CD6

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

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