#8F36C6#8F36C6

#8F36C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.214 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F36C6
RGB	rgb(143, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 60.47, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 84.33, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.1349 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.214 309)
XYZ	xyz(22.8378, 12.5556, 54.6355)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F36C6 #6DC636

analogous

#4736C6 #8F36C6 #C636B5

triadic

#8F36C6 #C68F36 #36C68F

tetradic

#8F36C6 #C64736 #6DC636 #36B5C6

square

#8F36C6 #C64736 #6DC636 #36B5C6

split-complementary

#8F36C6 #B5C636 #36C647

monochromatic

#4A1C66 #6C2996 #8F36C6 #AA64D5 #C494E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8F36C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8F36C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F36C6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F36C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F36C6	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)

#0060CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D64C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f36c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.214 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b575d8',
    500: '#8f36c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f36c6;
$custom-light: #b575d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f36c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5277,
    "c": 0.21442,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.12555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F36C6

secondary

#A4CD8B

accent

#E04782

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F36C6

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

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