#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
RGBrgb(139, 53, 189)
HSLhsl(278, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(278, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(26.5%, 72%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(40.75, 58.15, -55.71)
CIE-LCHlch(40.75, 80.53, 316.23°)
OKLaboklab(51.51% 0.132 -0.1578)
OKLCHoklch(51.51% 0.206 309.9)
XYZxyz(21.1041, 11.7097, 49.2827)
Luminance0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B35BD1.006.283.346.28
#FFFFFF6.281.0021.001.00
#0000003.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.281.0021.001.00

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

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#8B35BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva