#8B2EC1#8B2EC1

#8B2EC1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.217 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2EC1
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 193)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 76.2%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 61.77, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 85.53, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1378 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.217 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2482, 11.2936, 51.5023)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2EC1 #64C12E

analogous

#422EC1 #8B2EC1 #C12EAE

triadic

#8B2EC1 #C18B2E #2EC18B

tetradic

#8B2EC1 #C1422E #64C12E #2EAEC1

square

#8B2EC1 #C1422E #64C12E #2EAEC1

split-complementary

#8B2EC1 #AEC12E #2EC142

monochromatic

#44165E #672290 #8B2EC1 #A756D7 #C187E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8B2EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B2EC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2EC1

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2EC1	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.217 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b271d5',
    500: '#8b2ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ec1;
$custom-light: #b271d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51116,
    "c": 0.21719,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2EC1

secondary

#9BCC7F

accent

#E5437E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2EC1

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

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