#8D36CC#8D36CC

#8D36CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.220 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36CC
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 61.41, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 87.27, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1312 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.22 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2004, 12.6609, 58.3366)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36CC #75CC36

analogous

#4236CC #8D36CC #CC36C0

triadic

#8D36CC #CC8D36 #36CC8D

tetradic

#8D36CC #CC4236 #75CC36 #36C0CC

square

#8D36CC #CC4236 #75CC36 #36C0CC

split-complementary

#8D36CC #C0CC36 #36CC42

monochromatic

#4A1B6C #6C289D #8D36CC #A967D8 #C498E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8D36CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8D36CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36CC

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36CC	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.220 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475dc',
    500: '#8d36cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36cc;
$custom-light: #b475dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52964,
    "c": 0.2197,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36CC

secondary

#AAD08E

accent

#E34587

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36CC

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

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