#8B25C3#8B25C3

#8B25C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.227 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B25C3
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 195)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 81%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.16, 65.26, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.16, 89.88, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1446 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.227 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1574, 10.7527, 52.5801)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B25C3 #5DC325

analogous

#3C25C3 #8B25C3 #C325AC

triadic

#8B25C3 #C38B25 #25C38B

tetradic

#8B25C3 #C33C25 #5DC325 #25ACC3

square

#8B25C3 #C33C25 #5DC325 #25ACC3

split-complementary

#8B25C3 #ACC325 #25C33C

monochromatic

#42115C #661B90 #8B25C3 #A849DC #C17CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#8B25C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8B25C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B25C3

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B25C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B25C3	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b25c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.227 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dd6',
    500: '#8b25c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b25c3;
$custom-light: #b26dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b25c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 68.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50526,
    "c": 0.22742,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B25C3

secondary

#95CE76

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120814

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B25C3

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

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