#8A36B9#8A36B9

#8A36B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.200 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36B9
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 56.66, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 78.14, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.1302 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.2 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5557, 11.5449, 47.0351)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36B9 #65B936

analogous

#4836B9 #8A36B9 #B936A7

triadic

#8A36B9 #B98A36 #36B98A

tetradic

#8A36B9 #B94836 #65B936 #36A7B9

square

#8A36B9 #B94836 #65B936 #36A7B9

split-complementary

#8A36B9 #A7B936 #36B948

monochromatic

#431A5A #67288A #8A36B9 #A65DD0 #C08CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A36B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A36B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36B9

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36B9	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2061B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.200 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cf',
    500: '#8a36b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36b9;
$custom-light: #b074cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.473,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51199,
    "c": 0.20029,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36B9

secondary

#9CC883

accent

#DE4A7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36B9

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

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