#A836CC#A836CC

#A836CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.228 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836CC
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 66.57, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 86.76, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1657 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.228 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3650, 15.3240, 58.5787)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836CC #5ACC36

analogous

#5D36CC #A836CC #CC36A5

triadic

#A836CC #CCA836 #36CCA8

tetradic

#A836CC #CC5D36 #5ACC36 #36A5CC

square

#A836CC #CC5D36 #5ACC36 #36A5CC

split-complementary

#A836CC #A5CC36 #36CC5D

monochromatic

#591B6C #81289D #A836CC #BD67D8 #D298E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A836CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A836CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836CC

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836CC	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3770C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.228 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678dc',
    500: '#a836cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836cc;
$custom-light: #c678dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56463,
    "c": 0.22803,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836CC

secondary

#9ED08E

accent

#E3456B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836CC

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

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