#8A35BC#8A35BC

#8A35BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.204 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35BC
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 57.74, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 80.07, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1308 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.204 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8296, 11.5807, 48.7052)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35BC #67BC35

analogous

#4735BC #8A35BC #BC35AB

triadic

#8A35BC #BC8A35 #35BC8A

tetradic

#8A35BC #BC4735 #67BC35 #35ABBC

square

#8A35BC #BC4735 #67BC35 #35ABBC

split-complementary

#8A35BC #ABBC35 #35BC47

monochromatic

#441A5D #67288C #8A35BC #A65DD1 #C08DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8A35BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A35BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35BC

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35BC	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1861B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.204 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d1',
    500: '#8a35bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35bc;
$custom-light: #b174d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51307,
    "c": 0.20442,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35BC

secondary

#9DC984

accent

#DF4880

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35BC

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

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