#8E36BA#8E36BA

#8E36BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.203 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E36BA
RGB	rgb(142, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 57.70, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 78.58, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1353 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.203 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3358, 11.9349, 47.6246)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E36BA #62BA36

analogous

#4C36BA #8E36BA #BA36A4

triadic

#8E36BA #BA8E36 #36BA8E

tetradic

#8E36BA #BA4C36 #62BA36 #36A4BA

square

#8E36BA #BA4C36 #62BA36 #36A4BA

split-complementary

#8E36BA #A4BA36 #36BA4C

monochromatic

#461A5B #6A288B #8E36BA #AA5DD0 #C38DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8E36BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8E36BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E36BA

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E36BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E36BA	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2663B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e36ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.203 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375cf',
    500: '#8e36ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e36ba;
$custom-light: #b375cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e36ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51786,
    "c": 0.20255,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E36BA

secondary

#9AC884

accent

#DE497B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E36BA

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

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