#8D36BA#8D36BA

#8D36BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.202 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36BA
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 57.49, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 78.59, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.134 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.202 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1649, 11.8468, 47.6166)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36BA #63BA36

analogous

#4B36BA #8D36BA #BA36A5

triadic

#8D36BA #BA8D36 #36BA8D

tetradic

#8D36BA #BA4B36 #63BA36 #36A5BA

square

#8D36BA #BA4B36 #63BA36 #36A5BA

split-complementary

#8D36BA #A5BA36 #36BA4B

monochromatic

#451A5B #69288B #8D36BA #A95DD0 #C28DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8D36BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8D36BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36BA

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36BA	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2462B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.202 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375cf',
    500: '#8d36ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36ba;
$custom-light: #b375cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51656,
    "c": 0.20222,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36BA

secondary

#9BC884

accent

#DE497C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36BA

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

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