#8A35BB#8A35BB

#8A35BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.203 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35BB
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 57.52, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 79.58, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.131 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.203 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7222, 11.5378, 48.1395)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35BB #66BB35

analogous

#4735BB #8A35BB #BB35A9

triadic

#8A35BB #BB8A35 #35BB8A

tetradic

#8A35BB #BB4735 #66BB35 #35A9BB

square

#8A35BB #BB4735 #66BB35 #35A9BB

split-complementary

#8A35BB #A9BB35 #35BB47

monochromatic

#441A5C #67278B #8A35BB #A65CD1 #C08CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A35BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A35BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35BB

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35BB	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B61B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.203 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d0',
    500: '#8a35bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35bb;
$custom-light: #b174d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.06,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51235,
    "c": 0.20345,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35BB

secondary

#9DC983

accent

#DF4980

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35BB

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

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