#8E36BB#8E36BB

#8E36BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.204 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E36BB
RGB	rgb(142, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 57.91, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 79.06, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1352 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.204 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4425, 11.9775, 48.1864)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E36BB #63BB36

analogous

#4B36BB #8E36BB #BB36A6

triadic

#8E36BB #BB8E36 #36BB8E

tetradic

#8E36BB #BB4B36 #63BB36 #36A6BB

square

#8E36BB #BB4B36 #63BB36 #36A6BB

split-complementary

#8E36BB #A6BB36 #36BB4B

monochromatic

#461B5C #6A288C #8E36BB #AA5ED0 #C38DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8E36BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8E36BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E36BB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E36BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E36BB	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2463B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e36bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.204 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d0',
    500: '#8e36bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e36bb;
$custom-light: #b375d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e36bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.699,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51856,
    "c": 0.20351,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E36BB

secondary

#9BC984

accent

#DF497C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E36BB

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

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