#8B2CD1#8B2CD1

#8B2CD1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.234 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2CD1
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 209)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 65.93, -66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 93.91, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1358 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.234 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0542, 11.8939, 61.3905)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2CD1 #72D12C

analogous

#382CD1 #8B2CD1 #D12CC5

triadic

#8B2CD1 #D18B2C #2CD18B

tetradic

#8B2CD1 #D1382C #72D12C #2CC5D1

square

#8B2CD1 #D1382C #72D12C #2CC5D1

split-complementary

#8B2CD1 #C5D12C #2CD138

monochromatic

#48176C #69219E #8B2CD1 #A75DDD #C290E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8B2CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B2CD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2CD1

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2CD1	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.234 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b371e0',
    500: '#8b2cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2cd1;
$custom-light: #b371e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52183,
    "c": 0.23395,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2CD1

secondary

#A7D287

accent

#E84087

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2CD1

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

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