#8E36C8#8E36C8

#8E36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.216 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E36C8
RGB	rgb(142, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 60.72, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 85.32, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1333 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.216 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8977, 12.5596, 55.8504)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E36C8 #70C836

analogous

#4536C8 #8E36C8 #C836B9

triadic

#8E36C8 #C88E36 #36C88E

tetradic

#8E36C8 #C84536 #70C836 #36B9C8

square

#8E36C8 #C84536 #70C836 #36B9C8

split-complementary

#8E36C8 #B9C836 #36C845

monochromatic

#4A1C68 #6C2998 #8E36C8 #A966D6 #C496E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8E36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8E36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E36C8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E36C8	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.216 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475da',
    500: '#8e36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e36c8;
$custom-light: #b475da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52791,
    "c": 0.21608,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E36C8

secondary

#A6CE8C

accent

#E14784

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E36C8

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

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