#8B35C5#8B35C5

#8B35C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.213 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35C5
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 197)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 59.90, -59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 84.40, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1307 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.213 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9965, 12.0667, 53.9828)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35C5 #6FC535

analogous

#4335C5 #8B35C5 #C535B7

triadic

#8B35C5 #C58B35 #35C58B

tetradic

#8B35C5 #C54335 #6FC535 #35B7C5

square

#8B35C5 #C54335 #6FC535 #35B7C5

split-complementary

#8B35C5 #B7C535 #35C543

monochromatic

#471B65 #692895 #8B35C5 #A762D5 #C293E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B35C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B35C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35C5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35C5	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.213 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d7',
    500: '#8b35c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35c5;
$custom-light: #b274d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52092,
    "c": 0.21348,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35C5

secondary

#A4CD89

accent

#E14785

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35C5

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

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