#A36CD9#A36CD9

#A36CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.165 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36CD9
RGB	rgb(163, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 42.74, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 64.16, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0958 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.165 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9886, 23.5216, 68.4344)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36CD9 #A2D96C

analogous

#6C6CD9 #A36CD9 #D96CD8

triadic

#A36CD9 #D9A36C #6CD9A3

tetradic

#A36CD9 #D96C6C #A2D96C #6CD8D9

square

#A36CD9 #D96C6C #A2D96C #6CD8D9

split-complementary

#A36CD9 #D8D96C #6CD96C

monochromatic

#662AA1 #853BCC #A36CD9 #C19DE6 #E0CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A36CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A36CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36CD9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36CD9	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C83DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.165 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c197e5',
    500: '#a36cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36cd9;
$custom-light: #c197e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.275,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36CD9

secondary

#D0E4BD

accent

#C71F72

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36CD9

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

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