#A836BD#A836BD

#A836BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.215 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836BD
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 63.75, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 80.06, 322.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1671 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.215 321)
XYZ	xyz(26.6519, 14.6387, 49.5560)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836BD #4BBD36

analogous

#6536BD #A836BD #BD368E

triadic

#A836BD #BDA836 #36BDA8

tetradic

#A836BD #BD6536 #4BBD36 #368EBD

square

#A836BD #BD6536 #4BBD36 #368EBD

split-complementary

#A836BD #8EBD36 #36BD65

monochromatic

#531B5E #7E288D #A836BD #BF5FD1 #D28FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A836BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A836BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836BD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836BD	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.215 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678d1',
    500: '#a836bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836bd;
$custom-light: #c678d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.21512,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.14637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836BD

secondary

#90C985

accent

#DF4960

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836BD

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

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