#8D36D0#8D36D0

#8D36D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.224 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36D0
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 208)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 74%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 62.30, -63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 89.20, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1304 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.224 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6863, 12.8553, 60.8958)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36D0 #79D036

analogous

#4036D0 #8D36D0 #D036C6

triadic

#8D36D0 #D08D36 #36D08D

tetradic

#8D36D0 #D04036 #79D036 #36C6D0

square

#8D36D0 #D04036 #79D036 #36C6D0

split-complementary

#8D36D0 #C6D036 #36D040

monochromatic

#4B1A71 #6C26A3 #8D36D0 #A968DC #C599E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8D36D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8D36D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36D0

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36D0	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.224 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475df',
    500: '#8d36d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36d0;
$custom-light: #b475df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.896,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53267,
    "c": 0.22359,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36D0

secondary

#ACD38F

accent

#E54389

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36D0

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

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