#8B2EC2#8B2EC2

#8B2EC2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.218 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2EC2
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 194)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 61.99, -59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 86.01, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.1376 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.218 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3601, 11.3384, 52.0918)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2EC2 #65C22E

analogous

#412EC2 #8B2EC2 #C22EAF

triadic

#8B2EC2 #C28B2E #2EC28B

tetradic

#8B2EC2 #C2412E #65C22E #2EAFC2

square

#8B2EC2 #C2412E #65C22E #2EAFC2

split-complementary

#8B2EC2 #AFC22E #2EC241

monochromatic

#44175F #682291 #8B2EC2 #A756D7 #C188E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8B2EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8B2EC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2EC2

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2EC2	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.218 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b271d5',
    500: '#8b2ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2ec2;
$custom-light: #b271d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.703,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51192,
    "c": 0.21812,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2EC2

secondary

#9CCC7F

accent

#E5437F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2EC2

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

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