#8E36BE#8E36BE

#8E36BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.206 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E36BE
RGB	rgb(142, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 58.55, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 80.51, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.1348 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.206 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7670, 12.1073, 49.8955)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E36BE #66BE36

analogous

#4A36BE #8E36BE #BE36AA

triadic

#8E36BE #BE8E36 #36BE8E

tetradic

#8E36BE #BE4A36 #66BE36 #36AABE

square

#8E36BE #BE4A36 #66BE36 #36AABE

split-complementary

#8E36BE #AABE36 #36BE4A

monochromatic

#471B5F #6A288E #8E36BE #A960D2 #C38FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8E36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8E36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E36BE

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E36BE	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F63BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.206 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b375d2',
    500: '#8e36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e36be;
$custom-light: #b375d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52068,
    "c": 0.20641,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E36BE

secondary

#9ECA86

accent

#DF497E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E36BE

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

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