#8A36B8#8A36B8

#8A36B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.199 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B8
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 56.44, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 77.65, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.1303 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.199 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4505, 11.5028, 46.4811)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B8 #64B836

analogous

#4936B8 #8A36B8 #B836A5

triadic

#8A36B8 #B88A36 #36B88A

tetradic

#8A36B8 #B84936 #64B836 #36A5B8

square

#8A36B8 #B84936 #64B836 #36A5B8

split-complementary

#8A36B8 #A5B836 #36B849

monochromatic

#431A59 #672889 #8A36B8 #A65CCF #C08BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8A36B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A36B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B8

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B8	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2261B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.199 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074ce',
    500: '#8a36b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b8;
$custom-light: #b074ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51128,
    "c": 0.19932,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B8

secondary

#9BC782

accent

#DE4A7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B8

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

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