#A836D2#A836D2

#A836D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.233 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836D2
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 74.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 67.73, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 89.47, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.165 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.233 315)
XYZ	xyz(29.0986, 15.6174, 62.4419)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836D2 #60D236

analogous

#5A36D2 #A836D2 #D236AE

triadic

#A836D2 #D2A836 #36D2A8

tetradic

#A836D2 #D25A36 #60D236 #36AED2

square

#A836D2 #D25A36 #60D236 #36AED2

split-complementary

#A836D2 #AED236 #36D25A

monochromatic

#5C1A74 #8325A6 #A836D2 #BE68DD #D39AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A836D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A836D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836D2

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836D2	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F71CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.233 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c678e1',
    500: '#a836d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836d2;
$custom-light: #c678e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56867,
    "c": 0.23325,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.15616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836D2

secondary

#A2D490

accent

#E6416E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A836D2

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

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