#8B35C4#8B35C4

#8B35C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.213 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B35C4
RGBrgb(139, 53, 196)
HSLhsl(276, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(276, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(29.1%, 73%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(41.25, 59.68, -59.00)
CIE-LCHlch(41.25, 83.92, 315.33°)
OKLaboklab(52.02% 0.1309 -0.1674)
OKLCHoklch(52.02% 0.213 308)
XYZxyz(21.8823, 12.0210, 53.3814)
Luminance0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B35C4 #6EC435
analogous
#4435C4 #8B35C4 #C435B6
triadic
#8B35C4 #C48B35 #35C48B
tetradic
#8B35C4 #C44435 #6EC435 #35B6C4
square
#8B35C4 #C44435 #6EC435 #35B6C4
split-complementary
#8B35C4 #B6C435 #35C444
monochromatic
#471B64 #692894 #8B35C4 #A762D4 #C292E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17
#8B35C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40
#8B35C4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35C4
6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B35C4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B35C41.006.173.406.17
#FFFFFF6.171.0021.001.00
#0000003.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005EC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0062C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#82577A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b35c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.213 308.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d7',
    500: '#8b35c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b35c4;
$custom-light: #b274d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b35c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.084,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52018,
    "c": 0.21251,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B35C4
secondary
#A4CC88
accent
#E14784
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFA
border
#D0C8D3
text
#110914
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8B35C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva