#8B36D9#8B36D9

#8B36D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.232 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B36D9
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 63.98, -68.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 93.61, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1258 -0.1949)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.232 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4880, 13.1370, 66.8778)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B36D9 #84D936

analogous

#3936D9 #8B36D9 #D936D6

triadic

#8B36D9 #D98B36 #36D98B

tetradic

#8B36D9 #D93936 #84D936 #36D6D9

square

#8B36D9 #D93936 #84D936 #36D6D9

split-complementary

#8B36D9 #D6D936 #36D939

monochromatic

#4C187D #6C21B0 #8B36D9 #A969E3 #C69DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8B36D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8B36D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B36D9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B36D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B36D9	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b36d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.232 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376e6',
    500: '#8b36d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b36d9;
$custom-light: #b376e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b36d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.288,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53724,
    "c": 0.23195,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B36D9

secondary

#B4D992

accent

#EB3D90

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B36D9

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

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