#8D36B3#8D36B3

#8D36B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.195 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36B3
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 56.01, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 75.22, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.1348 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.195 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4390, 11.5564, 43.7930)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36B3 #5CB336

analogous

#4E36B3 #8D36B3 #B3369A

triadic

#8D36B3 #B38D36 #36B38D

tetradic

#8D36B3 #B34E36 #5CB336 #369AB3

square

#8D36B3 #B34E36 #5CB336 #369AB3

split-complementary

#8D36B3 #9AB336 #36B34E

monochromatic

#431A55 #682884 #8D36B3 #AA59CD #C288DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8D36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8D36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36B3

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36B3	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E61B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.195 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274ca',
    500: '#8d36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36b3;
$custom-light: #b274ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.76,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51172,
    "c": 0.19545,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36B3

secondary

#95C580

accent

#DD4B77

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36B3

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

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