#8536C8#8536C8

#8536C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.214 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8536C8
RGB	rgb(133, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 59.04, -61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 85.58, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1211 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.214 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4150, 11.7951, 55.7809)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8536C8 #79C836

analogous

#3C36C8 #8536C8 #C836C2

triadic

#8536C8 #C88536 #36C885

tetradic

#8536C8 #C83C36 #79C836 #36C2C8

square

#8536C8 #C83C36 #79C836 #36C2C8

split-complementary

#8536C8 #C2C836 #36C83C

monochromatic

#451C68 #652998 #8536C8 #A266D6 #BF96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8536C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8536C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8536C8

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8536C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8536C8	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#785A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8536c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.214 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74da',
    500: '#8536c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8536c8;
$custom-light: #ae74da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8536c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.466,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51684,
    "c": 0.21389,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8536C8

secondary

#AACE8C

accent

#E1478E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8536C8

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

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