#8B36D1#8B36D1

#8B36D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.224 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36D1
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.35, 62.17, -64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.35, 89.75, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1275 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.224 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4726, 12.7309, 61.5300)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36D1 #7CD136

analogous

#3E36D1 #8B36D1 #D136CA

triadic

#8B36D1 #D18B36 #36D18B

tetradic

#8B36D1 #D13E36 #7CD136 #36CAD1

square

#8B36D1 #D13E36 #7CD136 #36CAD1

split-complementary

#8B36D1 #CAD136 #36D13E

monochromatic

#4B1A72 #6B26A4 #8B36D1 #A868DC #C49AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8B36D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B36D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36D1

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36D1	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.224 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375e0',
    500: '#8b36d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36d1;
$custom-light: #b375e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.531,
    "c": 0.22412,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36D1

secondary

#AED38F

accent

#E6428C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36D1

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

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