#8A36B3#8A36B3

#8A36B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.194 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B3
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.08, 55.37, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.08, 75.22, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1309 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.194 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9356, 11.2968, 43.7694)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B3 #5FB336

analogous

#4B36B3 #8A36B3 #B3369D

triadic

#8A36B3 #B38A36 #36B38A

tetradic

#8A36B3 #B34B36 #5FB336 #369DB3

square

#8A36B3 #B34B36 #5FB336 #369DB3

split-complementary

#8A36B3 #9DB336 #36B34B

monochromatic

#421A55 #662884 #8A36B3 #A759CD #C088DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8A36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B3

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B3	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2960B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.194 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074ca',
    500: '#8a36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b3;
$custom-light: #b074ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.32,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50779,
    "c": 0.19441,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B3

secondary

#96C580

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B3

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

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