#8B35BE#8B35BE

#8B35BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.207 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35BE
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 58.37, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 81.02, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.1318 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.207 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2130, 11.7533, 49.8563)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35BE #68BE35

analogous

#4635BE #8B35BE #BE35AD

triadic

#8B35BE #BE8B35 #35BE8B

tetradic

#8B35BE #BE4635 #68BE35 #35ADBE

square

#8B35BE #BE4635 #68BE35 #35ADBE

split-complementary

#8B35BE #ADBE35 #35BE46

monochromatic

#451A5E #68288E #8B35BE #A75ED2 #C18EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8B35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35BE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35BE	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1661BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.207 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174d2',
    500: '#8b35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35be;
$custom-light: #b174d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.664,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51579,
    "c": 0.20667,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35BE

secondary

#9FCA85

accent

#E04881

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35BE

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

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