#8A36C1#8A36C1

#8A36C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.208 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36C1
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 193)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 72%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 58.41, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 82.02, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1291 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.208 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4241, 11.8922, 51.6085)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36C1 #6DC136

analogous

#4436C1 #8A36C1 #C136B2

triadic

#8A36C1 #C18A36 #36C18A

tetradic

#8A36C1 #C14436 #6DC136 #36B2C1

square

#8A36C1 #C14436 #6DC136 #36B2C1

split-complementary

#8A36C1 #B2C136 #36C144

monochromatic

#461B61 #682991 #8A36C1 #A661D3 #C191E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8A36C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A36C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36C1

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36C1	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C62BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.208 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d5',
    500: '#8a36c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36c1;
$custom-light: #b175d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.259,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51775,
    "c": 0.20816,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36C1

secondary

#A2CB88

accent

#E04884

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36C1

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

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