#8F36D9#8F36D9

#8F36D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.233 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F36D9
RGB	rgb(143, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, 64.66, -67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 93.45, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1313 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.233 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1684, 13.4878, 66.9097)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F36D9 #80D936

analogous

#3D36D9 #8F36D9 #D936D1

triadic

#8F36D9 #D98F36 #36D98F

tetradic

#8F36D9 #D93D36 #80D936 #36D1D9

square

#8F36D9 #D93D36 #80D936 #36D1D9

split-complementary

#8F36D9 #D1D936 #36D93D

monochromatic

#4F187D #6F21B0 #8F36D9 #AC69E3 #C89DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8F36D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8F36D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F36D9

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F36D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F36D9	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f36d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.233 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b676e6',
    500: '#8f36d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f36d9;
$custom-light: #b676e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f36d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.761,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54201,
    "c": 0.23274,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F36D9

secondary

#B2D992

accent

#EB3D8C

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F36D9

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

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