#8B33C9#8B33C9

#8B33C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.220 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B33C9
RGBrgb(139, 51, 201)
HSLhsl(275, 60%, 49%)
HSVhsv(275, 75%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(30.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(41.33, 61.59, -61.77)
CIE-LCHlch(41.33, 87.23, 314.92°)
OKLaboklab(52.19% 0.1318 -0.1756)
OKLCHoklch(52.19% 0.22 306.9)
XYZxyz(22.3716, 12.0739, 56.3990)
Luminance0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B33C9 #71C933
analogous
#4033C9 #8B33C9 #C933BC
triadic
#8B33C9 #C98B33 #33C98B
tetradic
#8B33C9 #C94033 #71C933 #33BCC9
square
#8B33C9 #C94033 #71C933 #33BCC9
split-complementary
#8B33C9 #BCC933 #33C940
monochromatic
#471A67 #692798 #8B33C9 #A762D7 #C293E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15
#8B33C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41
#8B33C9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B33C9
6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B33C9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B33C91.006.153.416.15
#FFFFFF6.151.0021.001.00
#0000003.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005FCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0062C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#80587C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b33c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.220 306.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274da',
    500: '#8b33c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b33c9;
$custom-light: #b274da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b33c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52192,
    "c": 0.21954,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B33C9
secondary
#A6CF89
accent
#E34586
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFB
border
#D0C8D4
text
#120915
muted
#817B83

Preview Lab

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#8B33C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva