#8B36C2#8B36C2

#8B36C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.209 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36C2
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 58.83, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 82.49, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1302 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.209 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7022, 12.0227, 52.2058)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36C2 #6DC236

analogous

#4536C2 #8B36C2 #C236B3

triadic

#8B36C2 #C28B36 #36C28B

tetradic

#8B36C2 #C24536 #6DC236 #36B3C2

square

#8B36C2 #C24536 #6DC236 #36B3C2

split-complementary

#8B36C2 #B3C236 #36C245

monochromatic

#461B62 #692992 #8B36C2 #A762D3 #C292E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8B36C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8B36C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36C2

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36C2	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)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C62BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.209 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d5',
    500: '#8b36c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36c2;
$custom-light: #b275d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51974,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36C2

secondary

#A3CC88

accent

#E04884

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36C2

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

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