#8A36D1#8A36D1

#8A36D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.224 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36D1
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, 61.99, -64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 89.79, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1262 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.224 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3064, 12.6451, 61.5222)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36D1 #7DD136

analogous

#3D36D1 #8A36D1 #D136CB

triadic

#8A36D1 #D18A36 #36D18A

tetradic

#8A36D1 #D13D36 #7DD136 #36CBD1

square

#8A36D1 #D13D36 #7DD136 #36CBD1

split-complementary

#8A36D1 #CBD136 #36D13D

monochromatic

#4A1A72 #6A26A4 #8A36D1 #A768DC #C49AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A36D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A36D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36D1

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36D1	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.224 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275e0',
    500: '#8a36d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36d1;
$custom-light: #b275e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.516,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5298,
    "c": 0.2239,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36D1

secondary

#AFD38F

accent

#E6428D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36D1

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

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