#8B33C8#8B33C8

#8B33C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.219 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B33C8
RGBrgb(139, 51, 200)
HSLhsl(275, 59%, 49%)
HSVhsv(275, 75%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(30.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(41.26, 61.37, -61.31)
CIE-LCHlch(41.26, 86.75, 315.03°)
OKLaboklab(52.12% 0.132 -0.1742)
OKLCHoklch(52.12% 0.219 307.2)
XYZxyz(22.2544, 12.0270, 55.7815)
Luminance0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B33C8 #70C833
analogous
#4033C8 #8B33C8 #C833BB
triadic
#8B33C8 #C88B33 #33C88B
tetradic
#8B33C8 #C84033 #70C833 #33BBC8
square
#8B33C8 #C84033 #70C833 #33BBC8
split-complementary
#8B33C8 #BBC833 #33C840
monochromatic
#471A66 #692797 #8B33C8 #A761D7 #C292E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17
#8B33C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41
#8B33C8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B33C8
6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B33C8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B33C81.006.173.416.17
#FFFFFF6.171.0021.001.00
#0000003.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005ECC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0062C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#81577B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b33c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.219 307.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b273da',
    500: '#8b33c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b33c8;
$custom-light: #b273da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b33c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.436,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52116,
    "c": 0.21858,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B33C8
secondary
#A5CE89
accent
#E34586
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFB
border
#D0C8D4
text
#120915
muted
#817B83

Preview Lab

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#8B33C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva