#8A35D0#8A35D0

#8A35D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.224 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35D0
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 208)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 74.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 62.17, -64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 89.75, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.1273 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.224 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1369, 12.5037, 60.8568)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35D0 #7BD035

analogous

#3C35D0 #8A35D0 #D035C9

triadic

#8A35D0 #D08A35 #35D08A

tetradic

#8A35D0 #D03C35 #7BD035 #35C9D0

square

#8A35D0 #D03C35 #7BD035 #35C9D0

split-complementary

#8A35D0 #C9D035 #35D03C

monochromatic

#491A70 #6A26A2 #8A35D0 #A767DC #C498E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A35D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A35D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35D0

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35D0	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.224 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275df',
    500: '#8a35d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35d0;
$custom-light: #b275df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52802,
    "c": 0.22398,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35D0

secondary

#ADD38E

accent

#E5428C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35D0

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

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