#8A35B7#8A35B7

#8A35B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.200 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35B7
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 71%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 56.66, -53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 77.64, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.1315 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.2 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3000, 11.3689, 45.9156)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35B7 #62B735

analogous

#4935B7 #8A35B7 #B735A3

triadic

#8A35B7 #B78A35 #35B78A

tetradic

#8A35B7 #B74935 #62B735 #35A3B7

square

#8A35B7 #B74935 #62B735 #35A3B7

split-complementary

#8A35B7 #A3B735 #35B749

monochromatic

#421A58 #662788 #8A35B7 #A75ACF #C089DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8A35B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A35B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35B7

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35B7	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2260B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.200 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cd',
    500: '#8a35b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35b7;
$custom-light: #b074cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5095,
    "c": 0.19955,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35B7

secondary

#99C781

accent

#DE497D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35B7

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

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