#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
RGBrgb(142, 53, 201)
HSLhsl(276, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(276, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(29.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.02, 61.34, -60.63)
CIE-LCHlch(42.02, 86.25, 315.33°)
OKLaboklab(52.76% 0.134 -0.1721)
OKLCHoklch(52.76% 0.218 307.9)
XYZxyz(22.9688, 12.5144, 56.4525)
Luminance0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##8E35C91.006.003.506.00
#FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00
#0000003.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00

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

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#8E35C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva