#8E35BB#8E35BB

#8E35BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.205 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35BB
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 58.33, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 79.53, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1362 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.205 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3964, 11.8854, 48.1711)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35BB #62BB35

analogous

#4B35BB #8E35BB #BB35A5

triadic

#8E35BB #BB8E35 #35BB8E

tetradic

#8E35BB #BB4B35 #62BB35 #35A5BB

square

#8E35BB #BB4B35 #62BB35 #35A5BB

split-complementary

#8E35BB #A5BB35 #35BB4B

monochromatic

#461A5C #6A278B #8E35BB #AA5CD1 #C38CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8E35BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E35BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35BB

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35BB	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2362B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.205 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b374d0',
    500: '#8e35bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35bb;
$custom-light: #b374d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.851,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51751,
    "c": 0.2047,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35BB

secondary

#9AC983

accent

#DF497B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35BB

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

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