#8D36C8#8D36C8

#8D36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.216 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36C8
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 60.53, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 85.34, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.1319 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.216 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7268, 12.4715, 55.8424)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36C8 #71C836

analogous

#4436C8 #8D36C8 #C836BA

triadic

#8D36C8 #C88D36 #36C88D

tetradic

#8D36C8 #C84436 #71C836 #36BAC8

square

#8D36C8 #C84436 #71C836 #36BAC8

split-complementary

#8D36C8 #BAC836 #36C844

monochromatic

#491C68 #6B2998 #8D36C8 #A866D6 #C496E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8D36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8D36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36C8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36C8	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.216 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375da',
    500: '#8d36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36c8;
$custom-light: #b375da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.753,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52666,
    "c": 0.21581,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36C8

secondary

#A7CE8C

accent

#E14785

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36C8

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

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