#8A35C8#8A35C8

#8A35C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.216 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35C8
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 73.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 60.38, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 85.88, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1288 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.216 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1774, 12.1198, 55.8034)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35C8 #73C835

analogous

#4135C8 #8A35C8 #C835BD

triadic

#8A35C8 #C88A35 #35C88A

tetradic

#8A35C8 #C84135 #73C835 #35BDC8

square

#8A35C8 #C84135 #73C835 #35BDC8

split-complementary

#8A35C8 #BDC835 #35C841

monochromatic

#471B67 #692898 #8A35C8 #A664D6 #C295E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8A35C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A35C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35C8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35C8	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.216 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174da',
    500: '#8a35c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35c8;
$custom-light: #b174da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.694,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52191,
    "c": 0.21616,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35C8

secondary

#A7CE8B

accent

#E14688

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35C8

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

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