#A36CE9#A36CE9

#A36CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.184 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36CE9
RGB	rgb(163, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 46.55, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 72.40, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.0969 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.184 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1714, 24.3948, 79.9307)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36CE9 #B2E96C

analogous

#6C74E9 #A36CE9 #E16CE9

triadic

#A36CE9 #E9A36C #6CE9A3

tetradic

#A36CE9 #E96C74 #B2E96C #6CE9E1

square

#A36CE9 #E96C74 #B2E96C #6CE9E1

split-complementary

#A36CE9 #E9E16C #74E96C

monochromatic

#641CBE #8237E1 #A36CE9 #C4A1F1 #E6D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A36CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A36CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36CE9

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36CE9	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D87ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F87E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9584A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.184 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c298f1',
    500: '#a36ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36ce9;
$custom-light: #c298f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64433,
    "c": 0.18406,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36CE9

secondary

#DBECC4

accent

#D60F7F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36CE9

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

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