#8A36C8#8A36C8

#8A36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.215 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36C8
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 59.97, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 85.43, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1279 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.215 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2235, 12.2120, 55.8188)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36C8 #74C836

analogous

#4136C8 #8A36C8 #C836BD

triadic

#8A36C8 #C88A36 #36C88A

tetradic

#8A36C8 #C84136 #74C836 #36BDC8

square

#8A36C8 #C84136 #74C836 #36BDC8

split-complementary

#8A36C8 #BDC836 #36C841

monochromatic

#471C68 #692998 #8A36C8 #A666D6 #C296E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8A36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36C8

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36C8	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.215 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175da',
    500: '#8a36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36c8;
$custom-light: #b175da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.521,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52294,
    "c": 0.21504,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36C8

secondary

#A8CE8C

accent

#E14788

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36C8

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

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