#8B25C6#8B25C6

#8B25C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.230 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B25C6
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 198)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, 65.88, -63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 91.28, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1438 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.23 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5000, 10.8897, 54.3844)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B25C6 #60C625

analogous

#3A25C6 #8B25C6 #C625B0

triadic

#8B25C6 #C68B25 #25C68B

tetradic

#8B25C6 #C63A25 #60C625 #25B0C6

square

#8B25C6 #C63A25 #60C625 #25B0C6

split-complementary

#8B25C6 #B0C625 #25C63A

monochromatic

#43125F #671B92 #8B25C6 #A84BDD #C17EE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#8B25C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8B25C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B25C6

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B25C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B25C6	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b25c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.230 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dd8',
    500: '#8b25c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b25c6;
$custom-light: #b36dd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b25c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.012,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50761,
    "c": 0.23007,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B25C6

secondary

#98CF77

accent

#EB3C7D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B25C6

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

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