#8E35BA#8E35BA

#8E35BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.204 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35BA
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 58.12, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 79.05, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1363 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.204 312)
XYZ	xyz(21.2897, 11.8427, 47.6092)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35BA #61BA35

analogous

#4B35BA #8E35BA #BA35A4

triadic

#8E35BA #BA8E35 #35BA8E

tetradic

#8E35BA #BA4B35 #61BA35 #35A4BA

square

#8E35BA #BA4B35 #61BA35 #35A4BA

split-complementary

#8E35BA #A4BA35 #35BA4B

monochromatic

#451A5B #6A278A #8E35BA #AA5CD0 #C38BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8E35BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8E35BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35BA

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35BA	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2462B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.204 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b374cf',
    500: '#8e35ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35ba;
$custom-light: #b374cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.15,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51681,
    "c": 0.20374,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35BA

secondary

#9AC882

accent

#DF497B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35BA

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

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