#8A35B1#8A35B1

#8A35B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.194 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35B1
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 177)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 70.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, 55.37, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 74.74, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1322 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.194 313)
XYZ	xyz(19.6887, 11.1244, 42.6965)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35B1 #5CB135

analogous

#4C35B1 #8A35B1 #B1359A

triadic

#8A35B1 #B18A35 #35B18A

tetradic

#8A35B1 #B14C35 #5CB135 #359AB1

square

#8A35B1 #B14C35 #5CB135 #359AB1

split-complementary

#8A35B1 #9AB135 #35B14C

monochromatic

#411953 #652782 #8A35B1 #A757CD #C086DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8A35B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8A35B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35B1

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35B1	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B60AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.194 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073c9',
    500: '#8a35b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35b1;
$custom-light: #b073c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.129,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50532,
    "c": 0.19371,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.11124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35B1

secondary

#94C47D

accent

#DD4B79

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35B1

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

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