#8B36C3#8B36C3

#8B36C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.210 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36C3
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 59.05, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 82.97, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1301 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.21 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8149, 12.0678, 52.7993)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36C3 #6EC336

analogous

#4436C3 #8B36C3 #C336B5

triadic

#8B36C3 #C38B36 #36C38B

tetradic

#8B36C3 #C34436 #6EC336 #36B5C3

square

#8B36C3 #C34436 #6EC336 #36B5C3

split-complementary

#8B36C3 #B5C336 #36C344

monochromatic

#471B63 #692993 #8B36C3 #A763D4 #C292E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8B36C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B36C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36C3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36C3	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)

#005EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0762C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.210 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d6',
    500: '#8b36c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36c3;
$custom-light: #b275d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.17,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52047,
    "c": 0.2104,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36C3

secondary

#A4CC89

accent

#E04884

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36C3

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

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