#8A35B4#8A35B4

#8A35B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.197 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35B4
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 56.01, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 76.19, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1319 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.197 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9911, 11.2453, 44.2886)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35B4 #5FB435

analogous

#4A35B4 #8A35B4 #B4359E

triadic

#8A35B4 #B48A35 #35B48A

tetradic

#8A35B4 #B44A35 #5FB435 #359EB4

square

#8A35B4 #B44A35 #5FB435 #359EB4

split-complementary

#8A35B4 #9EB435 #35B44A

monochromatic

#421955 #662785 #8A35B4 #A758CE #C088DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8A35B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A35B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35B4

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35B4	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2760B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.197 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cb',
    500: '#8a35b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35b4;
$custom-light: #b074cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.157,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5074,
    "c": 0.19663,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35B4

secondary

#96C67F

accent

#DE4A7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35B4

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

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