#8E35D1#8E35D1

#8E35D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.226 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E35D1
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 209)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 63.10, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 90.09, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1325 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.226 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9345, 12.9006, 61.5384)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E35D1 #78D135

analogous

#4035D1 #8E35D1 #D135C6

triadic

#8E35D1 #D18E35 #35D18E

tetradic

#8E35D1 #D14035 #78D135 #35C6D1

square

#8E35D1 #D14035 #78D135 #35C6D1

split-complementary

#8E35D1 #C6D135 #35D140

monochromatic

#4C1A72 #6D25A4 #8E35D1 #AA67DC #C699E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8E35D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8E35D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E35D1

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E35D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E35D1	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e35d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.226 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b575e0',
    500: '#8e35d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e35d1;
$custom-light: #b575e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e35d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.231,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53367,
    "c": 0.22585,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E35D1

secondary

#ACD38F

accent

#E64288

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E35D1

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

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