#A836D3#A836D3

#A836D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.234 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A836D3
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 67.92, -58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 89.92, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1648 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.234 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2235, 15.6674, 63.1001)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A836D3 #61D336

analogous

#5A36D3 #A836D3 #D336B0

triadic

#A836D3 #D3A836 #36D3A8

tetradic

#A836D3 #D35A36 #61D336 #36B0D3

square

#A836D3 #D35A36 #61D336 #36B0D3

split-complementary

#A836D3 #B0D336 #36D35A

monochromatic

#5C1A75 #8325A7 #A836D3 #BE68DE #D39AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A836D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A836D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A836D3

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A836D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A836D3	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a836d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.234 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679e1',
    500: '#a836d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a836d3;
$custom-light: #c679e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a836d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.567,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.23413,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A836D3

secondary

#A3D590

accent

#E7416E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

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