#A836B9#A836B9

#A836B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.212 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836B9
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 63.02, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 78.31, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1673 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.212 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2237, 14.4674, 47.3008)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836B9 #47B936

analogous

#6736B9 #A836B9 #B93689

triadic

#A836B9 #B9A836 #36B9A8

tetradic

#A836B9 #B96736 #47B936 #3689B9

square

#A836B9 #B96736 #47B936 #3689B9

split-complementary

#A836B9 #89B936 #36B967

monochromatic

#521A5A #7D288A #A836B9 #C15DD0 #D38CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A836B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A836B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836B9

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836B9	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.212 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678cf',
    500: '#a836b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836b9;
$custom-light: #c678cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.214,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55247,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836B9

secondary

#8CC883

accent

#DE4A5D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836B9

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

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