#8A35B9#8A35B9

#8A35B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.202 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35B9
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 185)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 57.09, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 78.61, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1312 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.202 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5096, 11.4527, 47.0197)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35B9 #64B935

analogous

#4835B9 #8A35B9 #B935A6

triadic

#8A35B9 #B98A35 #35B98A

tetradic

#8A35B9 #B94835 #64B935 #35A6B9

square

#8A35B9 #B94835 #64B935 #35A6B9

split-complementary

#8A35B9 #A6B935 #35B948

monochromatic

#431A5A #672789 #8A35B9 #A65BD0 #C08BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A35B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A35B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35B9

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35B9	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F60B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.202 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cf',
    500: '#8a35b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35b9;
$custom-light: #b074cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.636,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51092,
    "c": 0.2015,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35B9

secondary

#9BC882

accent

#DF497E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35B9

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

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