#8B35C2#8B35C2

#8B35C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.211 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35C2
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 194)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 59.24, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 82.95, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.1312 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.211 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6562, 11.9306, 52.1905)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35C2 #6CC235

analogous

#4535C2 #8B35C2 #C235B2

triadic

#8B35C2 #C28B35 #35C28B

tetradic

#8B35C2 #C24535 #6CC235 #35B2C2

square

#8B35C2 #C24535 #6CC235 #35B2C2

split-complementary

#8B35C2 #B2C235 #35C245

monochromatic

#461B62 #692892 #8B35C2 #A760D4 #C291E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8B35C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8B35C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35C2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35C2	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0862BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.211 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d5',
    500: '#8b35c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35c2;
$custom-light: #b274d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.596,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5187,
    "c": 0.21057,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35C2

secondary

#A2CC87

accent

#E04783

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35C2

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

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