#8A36A7#8A36A7

#8A36A7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.183 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36A7
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(285, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 52.84, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 69.44, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1318 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.183 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7744, 10.8323, 37.6536)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36A7 #53A736

analogous

#5136A7 #8A36A7 #A7368B

triadic

#8A36A7 #A78A36 #36A78A

tetradic

#8A36A7 #A75136 #53A736 #368BA7

square

#8A36A7 #A75136 #53A736 #368BA7

split-complementary

#8A36A7 #8BA736 #36A751

monochromatic

#3E184B #642779 #8A36A7 #A953C7 #C081D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#8A36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8A36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36A7

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36A7	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.183 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74c2',
    500: '#8a36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36a7;
$custom-light: #af74c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.602,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49972,
    "c": 0.18271,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36A7

secondary

#8BC079

accent

#DB4D71

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36A7

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

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