#8A35E2#8A35E2

#8A35E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.242 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A35E2
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 76.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 66.27, -72.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 98.41, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.123 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.242 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4784, 13.4402, 73.1887)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A35E2 #8DE235

analogous

#3536E2 #8A35E2 #E135E2

triadic

#8A35E2 #E28A35 #35E28A

tetradic

#8A35E2 #E23536 #8DE235 #35E2E1

square

#8A35E2 #E23536 #8DE235 #35E2E1

split-complementary

#8A35E2 #E2E135 #36E235

monochromatic

#4D1489 #6B1BBE #8A35E2 #A96BEA #C8A0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A35E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A35E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A35E2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A35E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A35E2	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a35e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.242 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476ec',
    500: '#8a35e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a35e2;
$custom-light: #b476ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a35e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.48,
    "s": 74.892,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54234,
    "c": 0.24155,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A35E2

secondary

#BADE95

accent

#F23696

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A35E2

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

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