#8D36A2#8D36A2

#8D36A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.179 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36A2
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(288, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 52.53, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 67.14, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.1358 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.179 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8244, 10.9106, 35.2898)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36A2 #4BA236

analogous

#5736A2 #8D36A2 #A23681

triadic

#8D36A2 #A28D36 #36A28D

tetradic

#8D36A2 #A25736 #4BA236 #3681A2

square

#8D36A2 #A25736 #4BA236 #3681A2

split-complementary

#8D36A2 #81A236 #36A257

monochromatic

#3D1746 #652774 #8D36A2 #AE50C5 #C37ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8D36A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8D36A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36A2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36A2	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1057A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D609F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.179 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b174be',
    500: '#8d36a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36a2;
$custom-light: #b174be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50059,
    "c": 0.1792,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36A2

secondary

#84BD77

accent

#DA4E69

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36A2

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

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