#8B35C6#8B35C6

#8B35C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.214 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35C6
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 60.12, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 84.89, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1305 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.214 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1114, 12.1127, 54.5883)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35C6 #70C635

analogous

#4235C6 #8B35C6 #C635B9

triadic

#8B35C6 #C68B35 #35C68B

tetradic

#8B35C6 #C64235 #70C635 #35B9C6

square

#8B35C6 #C64235 #70C635 #35B9C6

split-complementary

#8B35C6 #B9C635 #35C642

monochromatic

#471B65 #692896 #8B35C6 #A763D5 #C293E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8B35C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B35C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35C6

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35C6	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.214 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d8',
    500: '#8b35c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35c6;
$custom-light: #b274d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.586,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52166,
    "c": 0.21446,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35C6

secondary

#A5CD8A

accent

#E14786

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35C6

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

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