#A836C8#A836C8

#A836C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.225 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836C8
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 65.81, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 84.96, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1662 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.225 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8915, 15.1345, 56.0845)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836C8 #56C836

analogous

#5F36C8 #A836C8 #C8369F

triadic

#A836C8 #C8A836 #36C8A8

tetradic

#A836C8 #C85F36 #56C836 #369FC8

square

#A836C8 #C85F36 #56C836 #369FC8

split-complementary

#A836C8 #9FC836 #36C85F

monochromatic

#571C68 #802998 #A836C8 #BD66D6 #D296E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A836C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A836C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836C8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836C8	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.225 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678d9',
    500: '#a836c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836c8;
$custom-light: #c678d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56199,
    "c": 0.22456,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836C8

secondary

#9ACE8C

accent

#E14769

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836C8

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