#8E36D1#8E36D1

#8E36D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.225 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E36D1
RGB	rgb(142, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 62.70, -64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 89.65, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1316 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.225 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9806, 12.9928, 61.5538)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E36D1 #79D136

analogous

#4136D1 #8E36D1 #D136C6

triadic

#8E36D1 #D18E36 #36D18E

tetradic

#8E36D1 #D14136 #79D136 #36C6D1

square

#8E36D1 #D14136 #79D136 #36C6D1

split-complementary

#8E36D1 #C6D136 #36D141

monochromatic

#4C1A72 #6D26A4 #8E36D1 #AA68DC #C69AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8E36D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8E36D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E36D1

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E36D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E36D1	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e36d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.225 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576e0',
    500: '#8e36d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e36d1;
$custom-light: #b576e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e36d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.065,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53465,
    "c": 0.22479,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E36D1

secondary

#ADD38F

accent

#E64289

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E36D1

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

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