#8A36A1#8A36A1

#8A36A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.177 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36A1
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 161)
HSL	hsl(287, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 51.62, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 66.57, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.1321 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.177 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2325, 10.6156, 34.7999)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36A1 #4DA136

analogous

#5536A1 #8A36A1 #A13682

triadic

#8A36A1 #A18A36 #36A18A

tetradic

#8A36A1 #A15536 #4DA136 #3682A1

square

#8A36A1 #A15536 #4DA136 #3682A1

split-complementary

#8A36A1 #82A136 #36A155

monochromatic

#3B1745 #632773 #8A36A1 #AB50C4 #C17ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#8A36A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8A36A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36A1

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36A1	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E56A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.177 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73bd',
    500: '#8a36a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36a1;
$custom-light: #af73bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.103,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49586,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36A1

secondary

#85BD76

accent

#D94F6C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36A1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →