#8A35C6#8A35C6

#8A35C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.214 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35C6
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 59.93, -60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 84.91, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1292 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.214 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9452, 12.0270, 54.5805)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35C6 #71C635

analogous

#4135C6 #8A35C6 #C635BA

triadic

#8A35C6 #C68A35 #35C68A

tetradic

#8A35C6 #C64135 #71C635 #35BAC6

square

#8A35C6 #C64135 #71C635 #35BAC6

split-complementary

#8A35C6 #BAC635 #35C641

monochromatic

#471B65 #682896 #8A35C6 #A663D5 #C293E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A35C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A35C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35C6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35C6	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.214 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d8',
    500: '#8a35c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35c6;
$custom-light: #b174d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52041,
    "c": 0.2142,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35C6

secondary

#A6CD8A

accent

#E14787

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35C6

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

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