#8F36C8#8F36C8

#8F36C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.216 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F36C8
RGB	rgb(143, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 60.91, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 85.29, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1346 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.216 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0700, 12.6485, 55.8585)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F36C8 #6FC836

analogous

#4636C8 #8F36C8 #C836B8

triadic

#8F36C8 #C88F36 #36C88F

tetradic

#8F36C8 #C84636 #6FC836 #36B8C8

square

#8F36C8 #C84636 #6FC836 #36B8C8

split-complementary

#8F36C8 #B8C836 #36C846

monochromatic

#4A1C68 #6D2998 #8F36C8 #AA66D6 #C596E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8F36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8F36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F36C8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F36C8	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0365C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.216 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b575da',
    500: '#8f36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f36c8;
$custom-light: #b575da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.575,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52917,
    "c": 0.21634,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F36C8

secondary

#A6CE8C

accent

#E14783

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F36C8

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

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