#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
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 73%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 59.68, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 83.92, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.1309 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.213 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.8823, 12.0210, 53.3814)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8B35C4	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B35C4

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

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