#8236B8#8236B8

#8236B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.197 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8236B8
RGB	rgb(130, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 54.81, -55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 77.75, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.1197 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.197 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1750, 10.8451, 46.4213)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8236B8 #6CB836

analogous

#4136B8 #8236B8 #B836AD

triadic

#8236B8 #B88236 #36B882

tetradic

#8236B8 #B84136 #6CB836 #36ADB8

square

#8236B8 #B84136 #6CB836 #36ADB8

split-complementary

#8236B8 #ADB836 #36B841

monochromatic

#3F1A59 #612889 #8236B8 #9F5CCF #BB8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#8236B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8236B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8236B8

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8236B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8236B8	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E5DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#795473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8236b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.197 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab73ce',
    500: '#8236b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8236b8;
$custom-light: #ab73ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8236b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50116,
    "c": 0.19697,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8236B8

secondary

#9FC782

accent

#DE4A87

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F5EDF9

border

#CFC8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8236B8

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

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