#8A36A9#8A36A9

#8A36A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.185 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36A9
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 53.26, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 70.40, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.1317 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.185 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9607, 10.9069, 38.6349)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36A9 #55A936

analogous

#5036A9 #8A36A9 #A9368E

triadic

#8A36A9 #A98A36 #36A98A

tetradic

#8A36A9 #A95036 #55A936 #368EA9

square

#8A36A9 #A95036 #55A936 #368EA9

split-complementary

#8A36A9 #8EA936 #36A950

monochromatic

#3E184C #64277B #8A36A9 #A954C8 #C082D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8A36A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8A36A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36A9

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36A9	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.185 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074c3',
    500: '#8a36a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36a9;
$custom-light: #b074c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.826,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50103,
    "c": 0.18465,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36A9

secondary

#8DC17A

accent

#DB4D73

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36A9

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

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