#8A36B7#8A36B7

#8A36B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.198 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B7
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 56.23, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 77.16, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1305 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.198 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3460, 11.4610, 45.9310)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B7 #63B736

analogous

#4A36B7 #8A36B7 #B736A4

triadic

#8A36B7 #B78A36 #36B78A

tetradic

#8A36B7 #B74A36 #63B736 #36A4B7

square

#8A36B7 #B74A36 #63B736 #36A4B7

split-complementary

#8A36B7 #A4B736 #36B74A

monochromatic

#431A58 #662888 #8A36B7 #A75BCF #C08BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B7

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B7	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2361B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.198 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cd',
    500: '#8a36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b7;
$custom-light: #b074cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51058,
    "c": 0.19833,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B7

secondary

#9AC782

accent

#DE4A7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B7

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

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