#8A36D3#8A36D3

#8A36D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.226 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A36D3
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 62.44, -65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 90.76, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% 0.1257 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.226 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5555, 12.7448, 62.8344)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A36D3 #7FD336

analogous

#3C36D3 #8A36D3 #D336CE

triadic

#8A36D3 #D38A36 #36D38A

tetradic

#8A36D3 #D33C36 #7FD336 #36CED3

square

#8A36D3 #D33C36 #7FD336 #36CED3

split-complementary

#8A36D3 #CED336 #36D33C

monochromatic

#4B1A75 #6A25A7 #8A36D3 #A768DE #C49AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8A36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A36D3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A36D3	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.226 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275e2',
    500: '#8a36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a36d3;
$custom-light: #b275e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.102,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53135,
    "c": 0.22587,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A36D3

secondary

#B0D590

accent

#E7418E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A36D3

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

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