#8C35BE#8C35BE

#8C35BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.207 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C35BE
RGB	rgb(140, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.96, 58.57, -55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.96, 81.00, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1332 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.207 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.3808, 11.8398, 49.8642)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C35BE #67BE35

analogous

#4735BE #8C35BE #BE35AC

triadic

#8C35BE #BE8C35 #35BE8C

tetradic

#8C35BE #BE4735 #67BE35 #35ACBE

square

#8C35BE #BE4735 #67BE35 #35ACBE

split-complementary

#8C35BE #ACBE35 #35BE47

monochromatic

#451A5E #69288E #8C35BE #A85ED2 #C28EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8C35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8C35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C35BE

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C35BE	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1962BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.207 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d2',
    500: '#8c35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c35be;
$custom-light: #b274d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.102,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51707,
    "c": 0.20697,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.11839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C35BE

secondary

#9ECA85

accent

#E0487F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C35BE

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

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