#8B36CC#8B36CC

#8B36CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.219 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36CC
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 61.05, -62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 87.34, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.1285 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.219 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8633, 12.4871, 58.3208)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36CC #77CC36

analogous

#4036CC #8B36CC #CC36C2

triadic

#8B36CC #CC8B36 #36CC8B

tetradic

#8B36CC #CC4036 #77CC36 #36C2CC

square

#8B36CC #CC4036 #77CC36 #36C2CC

split-complementary

#8B36CC #C2CC36 #36CC40

monochromatic

#491B6C #6A289D #8B36CC #A767D8 #C398E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8B36CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8B36CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36CC

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36CC	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.219 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275dc',
    500: '#8b36cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36cc;
$custom-light: #b275dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52718,
    "c": 0.21921,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36CC

secondary

#AAD08E

accent

#E34589

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36CC

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

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