#8B36C6#8B36C6

#8B36C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.213 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36C6
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 59.71, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 84.43, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1296 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.213 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1575, 12.2048, 54.6036)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36C6 #71C636

analogous

#4336C6 #8B36C6 #C636B9

triadic

#8B36C6 #C68B36 #36C68B

tetradic

#8B36C6 #C64336 #71C636 #36B9C6

square

#8B36C6 #C64336 #71C636 #36B9C6

split-complementary

#8B36C6 #B9C636 #36C643

monochromatic

#471C66 #692996 #8B36C6 #A764D5 #C294E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8B36C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8B36C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36C6

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36C6	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.213 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275d8',
    500: '#8b36c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36c6;
$custom-light: #b275d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52269,
    "c": 0.21334,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36C6

secondary

#A6CD8B

accent

#E04786

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36C6

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

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