#8E36BD#8E36BD

#8E36BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.205 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E36BD
RGB	rgb(142, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 58.34, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 80.02, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1349 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.205 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6581, 12.0638, 49.3219)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E36BD #65BD36

analogous

#4A36BD #8E36BD #BD36A9

triadic

#8E36BD #BD8E36 #36BD8E

tetradic

#8E36BD #BD4A36 #65BD36 #36A9BD

square

#8E36BD #BD4A36 #65BD36 #36A9BD

split-complementary

#8E36BD #A9BD36 #36BD4A

monochromatic

#461B5E #6A288D #8E36BD #A95FD1 #C38FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8E36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E36BD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E36BD	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2163BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.205 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d2',
    500: '#8e36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e36bd;
$custom-light: #b375d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51997,
    "c": 0.20544,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E36BD

secondary

#9DC985

accent

#DF497D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E36BD

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

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