#A36CD8#A36CD8

#A36CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.164 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36CD8
RGB	rgb(163, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 42.50, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 63.65, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0957 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.164 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8589, 23.4698, 67.7515)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36CD8 #A1D86C

analogous

#6D6CD8 #A36CD8 #D86CD7

triadic

#A36CD8 #D8A36C #6CD8A3

tetradic

#A36CD8 #D86D6C #A1D86C #6CD7D8

square

#A36CD8 #D86D6C #A1D86C #6CD7D8

split-complementary

#A36CD8 #D7D86C #6CD86D

monochromatic

#662A9F #853CCB #A36CD8 #C19CE5 #E0CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A36CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A36CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36CD8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36CD8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C83DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.164 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c197e4',
    500: '#a36cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36cd8;
$custom-light: #c197e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63445,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36CD8

secondary

#D0E3BD

accent

#C62071

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36CD8

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

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