#8A36C9#8A36C9

#8A36C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.216 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36C9
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 60.19, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 85.91, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% 0.1277 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.216 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3407, 12.2589, 56.4363)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36C9 #75C936

analogous

#4136C9 #8A36C9 #C936BE

triadic

#8A36C9 #C98A36 #36C98A

tetradic

#8A36C9 #C94136 #75C936 #36BEC9

square

#8A36C9 #C94136 #75C936 #36BEC9

split-complementary

#8A36C9 #BEC936 #36C941

monochromatic

#481C69 #692999 #8A36C9 #A666D6 #C296E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8A36C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8A36C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36C9

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36C9	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.216 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175da',
    500: '#8a36c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36c9;
$custom-light: #b175da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52369,
    "c": 0.21603,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36C9

secondary

#A9CE8C

accent

#E14789

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36C9

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

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