#8D36D1#8D36D1

#8D36D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.225 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36D1
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, 62.52, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 89.68, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1302 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.225 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8097, 12.9047, 61.5458)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36D1 #7AD136

analogous

#4036D1 #8D36D1 #D136C8

triadic

#8D36D1 #D18D36 #36D18D

tetradic

#8D36D1 #D14036 #7AD136 #36C8D1

square

#8D36D1 #D14036 #7AD136 #36C8D1

split-complementary

#8D36D1 #C8D136 #36D140

monochromatic

#4C1A72 #6D26A4 #8D36D1 #A968DC #C59AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8D36D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8D36D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36D1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36D1	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.225 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476e0',
    500: '#8d36d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36d1;
$custom-light: #b476e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.677,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53343,
    "c": 0.22456,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36D1

secondary

#ADD38F

accent

#E6428A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36D1

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

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