#8B34B7#8B34B7

#8B34B7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.201 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B34B7
RGB	rgb(139, 52, 183)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 71.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 57.28, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 78.10, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.1338 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.201 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4211, 11.3644, 45.9084)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B34B7 #60B734

analogous

#4934B7 #8B34B7 #B734A1

triadic

#8B34B7 #B78B34 #34B78B

tetradic

#8B34B7 #B74934 #60B734 #34A1B7

square

#8B34B7 #B74934 #60B734 #34A1B7

split-complementary

#8B34B7 #A1B734 #34B749

monochromatic

#431958 #672687 #8B34B7 #A859D0 #C188DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8B34B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8B34B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B34B7

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B34B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B34B7	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)

#005BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2360B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b34b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 52, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.201 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173cd',
    500: '#8b34b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b34b7;
$custom-light: #b173cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b34b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.847,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50974,
    "c": 0.20108,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B34B7

secondary

#98C780

accent

#DF497B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B34B7

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

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