#8A36BB#8A36BB

#8A36BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.202 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36BB
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 57.10, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 79.11, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1299 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.202 310)
XYZ	xyz(20.7683, 11.6299, 48.1548)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36BB #67BB36

analogous

#4836BB #8A36BB #BB36AA

triadic

#8A36BB #BB8A36 #36BB8A

tetradic

#8A36BB #BB4836 #67BB36 #36AABB

square

#8A36BB #BB4836 #67BB36 #36AABB

split-complementary

#8A36BB #AABB36 #36BB48

monochromatic

#441B5C #67288C #8A36BB #A65ED0 #C08DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8A36BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A36BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36BB

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36BB	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C61B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.202 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d0',
    500: '#8a36bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36bb;
$custom-light: #b174d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51342,
    "c": 0.20226,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.11629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36BB

secondary

#9DC984

accent

#DF4980

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36BB

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

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