#8F36BA#8F36BA

#8F36BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.203 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F36BA
RGB	rgb(143, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 57.91, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 78.58, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1366 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.203 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5082, 12.0237, 47.6327)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F36BA #61BA36

analogous

#4D36BA #8F36BA #BA36A3

triadic

#8F36BA #BA8F36 #36BA8F

tetradic

#8F36BA #BA4D36 #61BA36 #36A3BA

square

#8F36BA #BA4D36 #61BA36 #36A3BA

split-complementary

#8F36BA #A3BA36 #36BA4D

monochromatic

#461A5B #6B288B #8F36BA #AB5DD0 #C38DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8F36BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8F36BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F36BA

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F36BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F36BA	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2763B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f36ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.203 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475cf',
    500: '#8f36ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f36ba;
$custom-light: #b475cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f36ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51916,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F36BA

secondary

#9AC884

accent

#DE497A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F36BA

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

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