#8536C3#8536C3

#8536C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.209 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8536C3
RGB	rgb(133, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 57.90, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 83.12, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.122 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.209 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8402, 11.5652, 52.7536)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8536C3 #74C336

analogous

#3F36C3 #8536C3 #C336BB

triadic

#8536C3 #C38536 #36C385

tetradic

#8536C3 #C33F36 #74C336 #36BBC3

square

#8536C3 #C33F36 #74C336 #36BBC3

split-complementary

#8536C3 #BBC336 #36C33F

monochromatic

#441B63 #642993 #8536C3 #A263D4 #BE92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8536C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8536C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8536C3

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8536C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8536C3	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A5879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8536c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.209 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74d6',
    500: '#8536c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8536c3;
$custom-light: #ae74d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8536c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.617,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51304,
    "c": 0.20886,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8536C3

secondary

#A6CC89

accent

#E0488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8536C3

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

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