#8C35BA#8C35BA

#8C35BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.203 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C35BA
RGB	rgb(140, 53, 186)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 57.71, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 79.07, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1337 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.203 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9496, 11.6673, 47.5933)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C35BA #63BA35

analogous

#4935BA #8C35BA #BA35A6

triadic

#8C35BA #BA8C35 #35BA8C

tetradic

#8C35BA #BA4935 #63BA35 #35A6BA

square

#8C35BA #BA4935 #63BA35 #35A6BA

split-complementary

#8C35BA #A6BA35 #35BA49

monochromatic

#441A5B #68278A #8C35BA #A85CD0 #C18BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8C35BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8C35BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C35BA

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C35BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C35BA	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2161B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c35ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 53, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.203 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274cf',
    500: '#8c35ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c35ba;
$custom-light: #b274cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c35ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51421,
    "c": 0.2031,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C35BA

secondary

#9BC882

accent

#DF497D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C35BA

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

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