#8E35A2#8E35A2

#8E35A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.181 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35A2
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 162)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 53.20, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 67.67, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.1382 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.181 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9492, 10.9065, 35.2824)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35A2 #49A235

analogous

#5835A2 #8E35A2 #A23580

triadic

#8E35A2 #A28E35 #35A28E

tetradic

#8E35A2 #A25835 #49A235 #3580A2

square

#8E35A2 #A25835 #49A235 #3580A2

split-complementary

#8E35A2 #80A235 #35A258

monochromatic

#3D1746 #662674 #8E35A2 #B04FC5 #C47DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8E35A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8E35A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35A2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35A2	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F57A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E609F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.181 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b273be',
    500: '#8e35a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35a2;
$custom-light: #b273be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.991,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50085,
    "c": 0.18099,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35A2

secondary

#83BD75

accent

#DA4E67

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35A2

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

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