#8E35C9#8E35C9

#8E35C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.218 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35C9
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 201)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 61.34, -60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 86.25, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.134 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.218 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9688, 12.5144, 56.4525)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35C9 #70C935

analogous

#4435C9 #8E35C9 #C935BA

triadic

#8E35C9 #C98E35 #35C98E

tetradic

#8E35C9 #C94435 #70C935 #35BAC9

square

#8E35C9 #C94435 #70C935 #35BAC9

split-complementary

#8E35C9 #BAC935 #35C944

monochromatic

#4A1B68 #6C2899 #8E35C9 #A965D6 #C495E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8E35C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8E35C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35C9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35C9	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.218 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475da',
    500: '#8e35c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35c9;
$custom-light: #b475da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.081,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52765,
    "c": 0.21815,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35C9

secondary

#A6CE8B

accent

#E14684

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35C9

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

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