#A636C8#A636C8

#A636C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.224 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A636C8
RGB	rgb(166, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 65.40, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 84.96, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1638 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.224 317)
XYZ	xyz(27.4688, 14.9166, 56.0647)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A636C8 #58C836

analogous

#5D36C8 #A636C8 #C836A1

triadic

#A636C8 #C8A636 #36C8A6

tetradic

#A636C8 #C85D36 #58C836 #36A1C8

square

#A636C8 #C85D36 #58C836 #36A1C8

split-complementary

#A636C8 #A1C836 #36C85D

monochromatic

#561C68 #7E2998 #A636C8 #BC66D6 #D196E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A636C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A636C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A636C8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A636C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A636C8	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a636c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.224 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578d9',
    500: '#a636c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a636c8;
$custom-light: #c578d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a636c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55927,
    "c": 0.22381,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.14915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A636C8

secondary

#9BCE8C

accent

#E1476B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A636C8

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

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