#8D36A8#8D36A8

#8D36A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.185 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36A8
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(286, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 53.74, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 69.97, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% 0.1356 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.185 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3705, 11.1290, 38.1660)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36A8 #51A836

analogous

#5436A8 #8D36A8 #A8368A

triadic

#8D36A8 #A88D36 #36A88D

tetradic

#8D36A8 #A85436 #51A836 #368AA8

square

#8D36A8 #A85436 #51A836 #368AA8

split-complementary

#8D36A8 #8AA836 #36A854

monochromatic

#3F184B #66277A #8D36A8 #AC53C8 #C382D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8D36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8D36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36A8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36A8	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3960A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.185 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274c2',
    500: '#8d36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36a8;
$custom-light: #b274c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50442,
    "c": 0.1849,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36A8

secondary

#8AC07A

accent

#DB4D6F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36A8

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

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