#8A36B6#8A36B6

#8A36B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.197 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B6
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 56.01, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 76.68, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1306 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.197 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2423, 11.4195, 45.3848)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B6 #62B636

analogous

#4A36B6 #8A36B6 #B636A2

triadic

#8A36B6 #B68A36 #36B68A

tetradic

#8A36B6 #B64A36 #62B636 #36A2B6

square

#8A36B6 #B64A36 #62B636 #36A2B6

split-complementary

#8A36B6 #A2B636 #36B64A

monochromatic

#421A58 #662887 #8A36B6 #A75BCE #C08ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A36B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A36B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B6

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B6	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2560B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.197 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cd',
    500: '#8a36b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b6;
$custom-light: #b074cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50988,
    "c": 0.19735,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B6

secondary

#99C681

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B6

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

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