#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
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 201)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 61.59, -61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 87.23, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1318 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.22 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3716, 12.0739, 56.3990)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8B33C9	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B33C9

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

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