#8B35B2#8B35B2

#8B35B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.195 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35B2
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 178)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 55.80, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 75.22, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1334 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.195 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9550, 11.2501, 43.2312)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35B2 #5CB235

analogous

#4C35B2 #8B35B2 #B2359A

triadic

#8B35B2 #B28B35 #35B28B

tetradic

#8B35B2 #B24C35 #5CB235 #359AB2

square

#8B35B2 #B24C35 #5CB235 #359AB2

split-complementary

#8B35B2 #9AB235 #35B24C

monochromatic

#411954 #662783 #8B35B2 #A857CD #C186DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8B35B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8B35B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35B2

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35B2	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B60AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.195 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174ca',
    500: '#8b35b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35b2;
$custom-light: #b174ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.28,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50732,
    "c": 0.19503,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35B2

secondary

#94C57E

accent

#DD4A78

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35B2

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

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