#8C35C4#8C35C4

#8C35C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.213 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C35C4
RGB	rgb(140, 53, 196)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 73%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 59.87, -58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 83.90, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1322 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.213 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0501, 12.1075, 53.3892)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C35C4 #6DC435

analogous

#4435C4 #8C35C4 #C435B5

triadic

#8C35C4 #C48C35 #35C48C

tetradic

#8C35C4 #C44435 #6DC435 #35B5C4

square

#8C35C4 #C44435 #6DC435 #35B5C4

split-complementary

#8C35C4 #B5C435 #35C444

monochromatic

#471B64 #6A2894 #8C35C4 #A862D4 #C292E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8C35C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8C35C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C35C4

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C35C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C35C4	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0463C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c35c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 53, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.213 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b374d7',
    500: '#8c35c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c35c4;
$custom-light: #b374d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c35c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.503,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52143,
    "c": 0.21279,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C35C4

secondary

#A3CC88

accent

#E14783

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C35C4

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

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