#8D36D7#8D36D7

#8D36D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.230 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D36D7
RGB	rgb(141, 54, 215)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 63.87, -67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 92.57, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.129 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.23 304)
XYZ	xyz(24.5666, 13.2074, 65.5319)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D36D7 #80D736

analogous

#3C36D7 #8D36D7 #D736D1

triadic

#8D36D7 #D78D36 #36D78D

tetradic

#8D36D7 #D73C36 #80D736 #36D1D7

square

#8D36D7 #D73C36 #80D736 #36D1D7

split-complementary

#8D36D7 #D1D736 #36D73C

monochromatic

#4D187A #6E22AD #8D36D7 #AA69E1 #C79CEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8D36D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8D36D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D36D7

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D36D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D36D7	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d36d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 54, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.230 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576e4',
    500: '#8d36d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d36d7;
$custom-light: #b576e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d36d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.422,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53805,
    "c": 0.2304,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.13207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D36D7

secondary

#B2D792

accent

#EA3E8D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D36D7

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

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