#8A36B4#8A36B4

#8A36B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.195 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B4
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 55.58, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 75.71, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1308 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.195 312)
XYZ	xyz(20.0371, 11.3374, 44.3040)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B4 #60B436

analogous

#4B36B4 #8A36B4 #B4369F

triadic

#8A36B4 #B48A36 #36B48A

tetradic

#8A36B4 #B44B36 #60B436 #369FB4

square

#8A36B4 #B44B36 #60B436 #369FB4

split-complementary

#8A36B4 #9FB436 #36B44B

monochromatic

#421A56 #662885 #8A36B4 #A75ACD #C089DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8A36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B4

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B4	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2860B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.195 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cb',
    500: '#8a36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b4;
$custom-light: #b074cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50848,
    "c": 0.19539,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B4

secondary

#97C680

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B4

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

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