#A836B4#A836B4

#A836B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.208 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836B4
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(294, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 62.12, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 76.13, 324.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1674 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.208 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7051, 14.2600, 44.5697)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836B4 #42B436

analogous

#6936B4 #A836B4 #B43681

triadic

#A836B4 #B4A836 #36B4A8

tetradic

#A836B4 #B46936 #42B436 #3681B4

square

#A836B4 #B46936 #42B436 #3681B4

split-complementary

#A836B4 #81B436 #36B469

monochromatic

#501A56 #7C2885 #A836B4 #C25ACD #D489DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A836B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A836B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836B4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836B4	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F61B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.208 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c577cb',
    500: '#a836b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836b4;
$custom-light: #c577cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54943,
    "c": 0.20751,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836B4

secondary

#87C680

accent

#DD4B59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836B4

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

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