#8B35C1#8B35C1

#8B35C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.210 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35C1
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 193)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 72.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 59.02, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 82.47, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1314 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.21 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5442, 11.8858, 51.6010)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35C1 #6BC135

analogous

#4535C1 #8B35C1 #C135B1

triadic

#8B35C1 #C18B35 #35C18B

tetradic

#8B35C1 #C14535 #6BC135 #35B1C1

square

#8B35C1 #C14535 #6BC135 #35B1C1

split-complementary

#8B35C1 #B1C135 #35C145

monochromatic

#461B61 #682891 #8B35C1 #A760D3 #C190E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8B35C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B35C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35C1

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35C1	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D62BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.210 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d5',
    500: '#8b35c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35c1;
$custom-light: #b274d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51797,
    "c": 0.20959,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35C1

secondary

#A1CB87

accent

#E04882

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35C1

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

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