#8B25C9#8B25C9

#8B25C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.233 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B25C9
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 201)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, 66.51, -64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 92.68, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.143 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.233 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8494, 11.0295, 56.2249)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B25C9 #63C925

analogous

#3925C9 #8B25C9 #C925B5

triadic

#8B25C9 #C98B25 #25C98B

tetradic

#8B25C9 #C93925 #63C925 #25B5C9

square

#8B25C9 #C93925 #63C925 #25B5C9

split-complementary

#8B25C9 #B5C925 #25C939

monochromatic

#441262 #671B95 #8B25C9 #A74DDE #C181E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8B25C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8B25C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B25C9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B25C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B25C9	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b25c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.233 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dda',
    500: '#8b25c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b25c9;
$custom-light: #b36dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b25c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50999,
    "c": 0.23273,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B25C9

secondary

#9AD079

accent

#EC3C7E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B25C9

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

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