#8B36BE#8B36BE

#8B36BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.205 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36BE
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 57.95, -55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 80.55, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1309 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.206 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2590, 11.8454, 49.8717)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36BE #69BE36

analogous

#4736BE #8B36BE #BE36AD

triadic

#8B36BE #BE8B36 #36BE8B

tetradic

#8B36BE #BE4736 #69BE36 #36ADBE

square

#8B36BE #BE4736 #69BE36 #36ADBE

split-complementary

#8B36BE #ADBE36 #36BE47

monochromatic

#451B5F #68288E #8B36BE #A760D2 #C18FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8B36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8B36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36BE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36BE	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1862BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.205 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d2',
    500: '#8b36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36be;
$custom-light: #b175d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51684,
    "c": 0.2055,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36BE

secondary

#9FCA86

accent

#DF4981

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36BE

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

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