#A636CD#A636CD

#A636CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.228 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A636CD
RGB	rgb(166, 54, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 66.37, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 87.23, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1632 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.228 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0627, 15.1542, 59.1926)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A636CD #5DCD36

analogous

#5A36CD #A636CD #CD36A8

triadic

#A636CD #CDA636 #36CDA6

tetradic

#A636CD #CD5A36 #5DCD36 #36A8CD

square

#A636CD #CD5A36 #5DCD36 #36A8CD

split-complementary

#A636CD #A8CD36 #36CD5A

monochromatic

#581B6D #80279E #A636CD #BC67D9 #D198E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A636CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A636CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A636CD

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A636CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A636CD	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3370CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a636cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 54, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.228 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c578dd',
    500: '#a636cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a636cd;
$custom-light: #c578dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a636cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.503,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56261,
    "c": 0.22818,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A636CD

secondary

#9FD18E

accent

#E3446E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A636CD

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

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