#A836B7#A836B7

#A836B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.210 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836B7
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(293, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(293, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 62.66, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 77.43, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1673 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.21 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0140, 14.3836, 46.1966)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836B7 #45B736

analogous

#6836B7 #A836B7 #B73686

triadic

#A836B7 #B7A836 #36B7A8

tetradic

#A836B7 #B76836 #45B736 #3686B7

square

#A836B7 #B76836 #45B736 #3686B7

split-complementary

#A836B7 #86B736 #36B768

monochromatic

#511A58 #7D2888 #A836B7 #C15BCF #D38BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#A836B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A836B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836B7

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836B7	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0561BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.210 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c577cd',
    500: '#a836b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836b7;
$custom-light: #c577cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.023,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55124,
    "c": 0.21003,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836B7

secondary

#8AC782

accent

#DE4A5B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836B7

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

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