#8B32BC#8B32BC

#8B32BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.208 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B32BC
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 188)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 59.16, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 81.42, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.1351 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.208 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8634, 11.4015, 48.6688)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B32BC #63BC32

analogous

#4632BC #8B32BC #BC32A8

triadic

#8B32BC #BC8B32 #32BC8B

tetradic

#8B32BC #BC4632 #63BC32 #32A8BC

square

#8B32BC #BC4632 #63BC32 #32A8BC

split-complementary

#8B32BC #A8BC32 #32BC46

monochromatic

#44185B #67258C #8B32BC #A758D3 #C189E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8B32BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8B32BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B32BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B32BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B32BC	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1560B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b32bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.208 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172d1',
    500: '#8b32bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b32bc;
$custom-light: #b172d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b32bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51128,
    "c": 0.20818,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B32BC

secondary

#9AC980

accent

#E1477D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B32BC

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

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