#8A35C5#8A35C5

#8A35C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.213 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35C5
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 73.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 59.71, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 84.43, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1294 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.213 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8302, 11.9810, 53.9750)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35C5 #70C535

analogous

#4235C5 #8A35C5 #C535B8

triadic

#8A35C5 #C58A35 #35C58A

tetradic

#8A35C5 #C54235 #70C535 #35B8C5

square

#8A35C5 #C54235 #70C535 #35B8C5

split-complementary

#8A35C5 #B8C535 #35C542

monochromatic

#461B65 #682895 #8A35C5 #A662D5 #C193E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A35C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A35C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35C5

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35C5	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.213 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d7',
    500: '#8a35c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35c5;
$custom-light: #b174d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.417,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51967,
    "c": 0.21322,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35C5

secondary

#A5CD89

accent

#E14786

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35C5

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

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