#8B36C4#8B36C4

#8B36C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.211 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36C4
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 59.27, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 83.46, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1299 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.211 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9284, 12.1131, 53.3967)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36C4 #6FC436

analogous

#4436C4 #8B36C4 #C436B6

triadic

#8B36C4 #C48B36 #36C48B

tetradic

#8B36C4 #C44436 #6FC436 #36B6C4

square

#8B36C4 #C44436 #6FC436 #36B6C4

split-complementary

#8B36C4 #B6C436 #36C444

monochromatic

#471C64 #692994 #8B36C4 #A763D4 #C293E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8B36C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B36C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36C4

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36C4	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)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0262C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.211 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d7',
    500: '#8b36c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36c4;
$custom-light: #b275d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.915,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52121,
    "c": 0.21137,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36C4

secondary

#A4CC89

accent

#E04885

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36C4

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

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