#8D36BB#8D36BB

#8D36BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.203 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36BB
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 57.71, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 79.07, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1339 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.203 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2716, 11.8894, 48.1784)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36BB #64BB36

analogous

#4A36BB #8D36BB #BB36A7

triadic

#8D36BB #BB8D36 #36BB8D

tetradic

#8D36BB #BB4A36 #64BB36 #36A7BB

square

#8D36BB #BB4A36 #64BB36 #36A7BB

split-complementary

#8D36BB #A7BB36 #36BB4A

monochromatic

#451B5C #69288C #8D36BB #A95ED0 #C28DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8D36BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8D36BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36BB

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36BB	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2262B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.203 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d0',
    500: '#8d36bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36bb;
$custom-light: #b375d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51727,
    "c": 0.20319,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36BB

secondary

#9CC984

accent

#DF497D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36BB

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

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