#8D36A7#8D36A7

#8D36A7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.184 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36A7
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(286, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 53.53, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 69.50, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1356 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.184 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2777, 11.0919, 37.6772)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36A7 #50A736

analogous

#5536A7 #8D36A7 #A73688

triadic

#8D36A7 #A78D36 #36A78D

tetradic

#8D36A7 #A75536 #50A736 #3688A7

square

#8D36A7 #A75536 #50A736 #3688A7

split-complementary

#8D36A7 #88A736 #36A755

monochromatic

#3F184B #662779 #8D36A7 #AD53C7 #C381D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8D36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8D36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36A7

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36A7	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0158AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3960A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.184 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274c2',
    500: '#8d36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36a7;
$custom-light: #b274c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.195,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50377,
    "c": 0.18394,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36A7

secondary

#89C079

accent

#DB4D6E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36A7

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

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