#8A35C9#8A35C9

#8A35C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.217 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35C9
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 60.60, -61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 86.37, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1286 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.217 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2946, 12.1667, 56.4209)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35C9 #74C935

analogous

#4035C9 #8A35C9 #C935BE

triadic

#8A35C9 #C98A35 #35C98A

tetradic

#8A35C9 #C94035 #74C935 #35BEC9

square

#8A35C9 #C94035 #74C935 #35BEC9

split-complementary

#8A35C9 #BEC935 #35C940

monochromatic

#471B68 #692899 #8A35C9 #A665D6 #C295E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8A35C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8A35C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35C9

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35C9	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.217 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274da',
    500: '#8a35c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35c9;
$custom-light: #b274da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.459,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52267,
    "c": 0.21713,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35C9

secondary

#A8CE8B

accent

#E14688

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35C9

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

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