#8E35BE#8E35BE

#8E35BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.208 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35BE
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 58.97, -55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 80.97, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1358 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.208 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7209, 12.0152, 49.8802)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35BE #65BE35

analogous

#4935BE #8E35BE #BE35AA

triadic

#8E35BE #BE8E35 #35BE8E

tetradic

#8E35BE #BE4935 #65BE35 #35AABE

square

#8E35BE #BE4935 #65BE35 #35AABE

split-complementary

#8E35BE #AABE35 #35BE49

monochromatic

#461A5E #6A288E #8E35BE #A95ED2 #C38EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8E35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8E35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35BE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35BE	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D63BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.208 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b474d2',
    500: '#8e35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35be;
$custom-light: #b474d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.978,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51964,
    "c": 0.20758,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35BE

secondary

#9DCA85

accent

#E0487D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35BE

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

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