#8A36B5#8A36B5

#8A36B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.196 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B5
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 55.80, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 76.19, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1307 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.196 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1393, 11.3783, 44.8424)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B5 #61B536

analogous

#4A36B5 #8A36B5 #B536A0

triadic

#8A36B5 #B58A36 #36B58A

tetradic

#8A36B5 #B54A36 #61B536 #36A0B5

square

#8A36B5 #B54A36 #61B536 #36A0B5

split-complementary

#8A36B5 #A0B536 #36B54A

monochromatic

#421A57 #662886 #8A36B5 #A75ACE #C089DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8A36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B5

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B5	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2660B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.196 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cc',
    500: '#8a36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b5;
$custom-light: #b074cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.685,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50918,
    "c": 0.19637,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B5

secondary

#98C681

accent

#DD4A7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B5

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

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