#8E35BC#8E35BC

#8E35BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.206 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35BC
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 58.54, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 80.01, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1361 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.206 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5038, 11.9284, 48.7368)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35BC #63BC35

analogous

#4B35BC #8E35BC #BC35A6

triadic

#8E35BC #BC8E35 #35BC8E

tetradic

#8E35BC #BC4B35 #63BC35 #35A6BC

square

#8E35BC #BC4B35 #63BC35 #35A6BC

split-complementary

#8E35BC #A6BC35 #35BC4B

monochromatic

#461A5D #6A288C #8E35BC #AA5DD1 #C38DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8E35BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8E35BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35BC

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35BC	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2163B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.206 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b374d1',
    500: '#8e35bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35bc;
$custom-light: #b374d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51822,
    "c": 0.20566,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35BC

secondary

#9BC984

accent

#DF487C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35BC

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

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