#8A36C0#8A36C0

#8A36C0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.207 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36C0
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 192)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 58.19, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 81.54, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1292 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.207 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3129, 11.8477, 51.0230)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36C0 #6CC036

analogous

#4536C0 #8A36C0 #C036B1

triadic

#8A36C0 #C08A36 #36C08A

tetradic

#8A36C0 #C04536 #6CC036 #36B1C0

square

#8A36C0 #C04536 #6CC036 #36B1C0

split-complementary

#8A36C0 #B1C036 #36C045

monochromatic

#451B60 #682990 #8A36C0 #A661D2 #C190E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A36C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A36C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36C0

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36C0	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F62BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.207 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d4',
    500: '#8a36c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36c0;
$custom-light: #b175d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51702,
    "c": 0.20717,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36C0

secondary

#A2CB87

accent

#DF4883

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36C0

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

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