#A36DBD#A36DBD

#A36DBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.130 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36DBD
RGB	rgb(163, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(281, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 35.86, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 49.24, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0905 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.13 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7567, 22.3986, 50.8901)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36DBD #87BD6D

analogous

#7B6DBD #A36DBD #BD6DAF

triadic

#A36DBD #BDA36D #6DBDA3

tetradic

#A36DBD #BD7B6D #87BD6D #6DAFBD

square

#A36DBD #BD7B6D #87BD6D #6DAFBD

split-complementary

#A36DBD #AFBD6D #6DBD7B

monochromatic

#633779 #864AA3 #A36DBD #BE97D0 #D8C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#A36DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#A36DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36DBD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36DBD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1788C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.130 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf98d1',
    500: '#a36dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36dbd;
$custom-light: #bf98d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62187,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36DBD

secondary

#BDD3B3

accent

#CE5A80

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36DBD

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

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