#8B35D1#8B35D1

#8B35D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.225 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B35D1
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 209)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 62.57, -64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 90.20, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1284 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.225 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4266, 12.6387, 61.5146)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B35D1 #7BD135

analogous

#3D35D1 #8B35D1 #D135C9

triadic

#8B35D1 #D18B35 #35D18B

tetradic

#8B35D1 #D13D35 #7BD135 #35C9D1

square

#8B35D1 #D13D35 #7BD135 #35C9D1

split-complementary

#8B35D1 #C9D135 #35D13D

monochromatic

#4A1A72 #6B25A4 #8B35D1 #A867DC #C499E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8B35D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8B35D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B35D1

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B35D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B35D1	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b35d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.225 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375e0',
    500: '#8b35d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b35d1;
$custom-light: #b375e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b35d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53001,
    "c": 0.22517,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B35D1

secondary

#ADD38F

accent

#E6428B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B35D1

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

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