#8B33B9#8B33B9

#8B33B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.204 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B33B9
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 185)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 58.12, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 79.53, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.1346 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.204 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5866, 11.3599, 46.9977)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B33B9 #61B933

analogous

#4833B9 #8B33B9 #B933A4

triadic

#8B33B9 #B98B33 #33B98B

tetradic

#8B33B9 #B94833 #61B933 #33A4B9

square

#8B33B9 #B94833 #61B933 #33A4B9

split-complementary

#8B33B9 #A4B933 #33B948

monochromatic

#431959 #672689 #8B33B9 #A858D1 #C188DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8B33B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8B33B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B33B9

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B33B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B33B9	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E60B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b33b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.204 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173cf',
    500: '#8b33b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b33b9;
$custom-light: #b173cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b33b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51013,
    "c": 0.20418,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B33B9

secondary

#99C880

accent

#E0487C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B33B9

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

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