#8D35B5#8D35B5

#8D35B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.199 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D35B5
RGB	rgb(141, 53, 181)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 56.85, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 76.66, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.1356 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.199 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5966, 11.5457, 44.8507)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D35B5 #5DB535

analogous

#4D35B5 #8D35B5 #B5359D

triadic

#8D35B5 #B58D35 #35B58D

tetradic

#8D35B5 #B54D35 #5DB535 #359DB5

square

#8D35B5 #B54D35 #5DB535 #359DB5

split-complementary

#8D35B5 #9DB535 #35B54D

monochromatic

#431956 #682786 #8D35B5 #AA59CE #C288DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8D35B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8D35B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D35B5

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D35B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D35B5	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A61B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d35b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 53, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.199 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274cc',
    500: '#8d35b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d35b5;
$custom-light: #b274cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d35b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51202,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D35B5

secondary

#96C680

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D35B5

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

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