#8A35B6#8A35B6

#8A35B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.199 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35B6
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 182)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 56.44, -52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 77.16, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.1316 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.199 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1963, 11.3274, 45.3694)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35B6 #61B635

analogous

#4935B6 #8A35B6 #B635A1

triadic

#8A35B6 #B68A35 #35B68A

tetradic

#8A35B6 #B64935 #61B635 #35A1B6

square

#8A35B6 #B64935 #61B635 #35A1B6

split-complementary

#8A35B6 #A1B635 #35B649

monochromatic

#421957 #662787 #8A35B6 #A759CF #C089DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8A35B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A35B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35B6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35B6	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2460B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.199 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cd',
    500: '#8a35b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35b6;
$custom-light: #b074cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.535,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5088,
    "c": 0.19858,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35B6

secondary

#98C780

accent

#DE4A7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35B6

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

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