#8B35BD#8B35BD

#8B35BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.206 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35BD
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 72%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 58.15, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 80.53, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.132 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.206 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1041, 11.7097, 49.2827)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35BD #67BD35

analogous

#4735BD #8B35BD #BD35AB

triadic

#8B35BD #BD8B35 #35BD8B

tetradic

#8B35BD #BD4735 #67BD35 #35ABBD

square

#8B35BD #BD4735 #67BD35 #35ABBD

split-complementary

#8B35BD #ABBD35 #35BD47

monochromatic

#451A5D #68288D #8B35BD #A75DD2 #C18DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8B35BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8B35BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35BD

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35BD	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1961BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.206 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d2',
    500: '#8b35bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35bd;
$custom-light: #b174d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51507,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35BD

secondary

#9ECA84

accent

#DF4880

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35BD

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

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