#8E35BD#8E35BD

#8E35BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.207 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35BD
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 72%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 58.75, -55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 80.49, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1359 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.207 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6120, 11.9716, 49.3065)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35BD #64BD35

analogous

#4A35BD #8E35BD #BD35A8

triadic

#8E35BD #BD8E35 #35BD8E

tetradic

#8E35BD #BD4A35 #64BD35 #35A8BD

square

#8E35BD #BD4A35 #64BD35 #35A8BD

split-complementary

#8E35BD #A8BD35 #35BD4A

monochromatic

#461A5D #6A288D #8E35BD #AA5DD2 #C38DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8E35BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8E35BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35BD

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35BD	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F63BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.207 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b374d2',
    500: '#8e35bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35bd;
$custom-light: #b374d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51893,
    "c": 0.20661,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35BD

secondary

#9CCA84

accent

#DF487D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35BD

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

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