#A836D1#A836D1

#A836D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.232 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836D1
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 67.53, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 89.02, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1651 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.232 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9744, 15.5677, 61.7878)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836D1 #5FD136

analogous

#5B36D1 #A836D1 #D136AD

triadic

#A836D1 #D1A836 #36D1A8

tetradic

#A836D1 #D15B36 #5FD136 #36ADD1

square

#A836D1 #D15B36 #5FD136 #36ADD1

split-complementary

#A836D1 #ADD136 #36D15B

monochromatic

#5B1A72 #8326A4 #A836D1 #BE68DC #D39AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A836D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A836D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836D1

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836D1	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3171CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.232 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678e0',
    500: '#a836d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836d1;
$custom-light: #c678e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.129,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.23238,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836D1

secondary

#A1D38F

accent

#E6426D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836D1

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

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