#8536B4#8536B4

#8536B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.194 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8536B4
RGB	rgb(133, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 54.53, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 75.74, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.1242 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.194 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2286, 10.9206, 44.2661)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8536B4 #65B436

analogous

#4636B4 #8536B4 #B436A4

triadic

#8536B4 #B48536 #36B485

tetradic

#8536B4 #B44636 #65B436 #36A4B4

square

#8536B4 #B44636 #65B436 #36A4B4

split-complementary

#8536B4 #A4B436 #36B446

monochromatic

#3F1A56 #622885 #8536B4 #A25ACD #BD89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8536B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8536B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8536B4

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8536B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8536B4	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F5EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8536b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.194 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74cb',
    500: '#8536b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8536b4;
$custom-light: #ad74cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8536b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50205,
    "c": 0.19379,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8536B4

secondary

#9AC680

accent

#DD4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8536B4

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

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