#A836B8#A836B8

#A836B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.211 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836B8
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 62.84, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 77.87, 323.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1673 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.211 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1185, 14.4253, 46.7467)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836B8 #46B836

analogous

#6736B8 #A836B8 #B83687

triadic

#A836B8 #B8A836 #36B8A8

tetradic

#A836B8 #B86736 #46B836 #3687B8

square

#A836B8 #B86736 #46B836 #3687B8

split-complementary

#A836B8 #87B836 #36B867

monochromatic

#521A59 #7D2889 #A836B8 #C15CCF #D38BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A836B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A836B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836B8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836B8	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0162BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.211 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c577ce',
    500: '#a836b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836b8;
$custom-light: #c577ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55185,
    "c": 0.21087,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836B8

secondary

#8BC782

accent

#DE4A5C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836B8

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

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