#A836C2#A836C2

#A836C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.219 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836C2
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 64.68, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 82.28, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1667 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.219 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2040, 14.8595, 52.4637)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836C2 #50C236

analogous

#6236C2 #A836C2 #C23696

triadic

#A836C2 #C2A836 #36C2A8

tetradic

#A836C2 #C26236 #50C236 #3696C2

square

#A836C2 #C26236 #50C236 #3696C2

split-complementary

#A836C2 #96C236 #36C262

monochromatic

#551B62 #7F2992 #A836C2 #BE62D3 #D292E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A836C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A836C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836C2

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836C2	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.219 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678d5',
    500: '#a836c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836c2;
$custom-light: #c678d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55811,
    "c": 0.21939,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836C2

secondary

#95CC88

accent

#E04864

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836C2

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

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