#8B34C6#8B34C6

#8B34C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.216 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B34C6
RGB	rgb(139, 52, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 60.53, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 85.34, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.1315 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.216 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0663, 12.0225, 54.5732)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B34C6 #6FC634

analogous

#4234C6 #8B34C6 #C634B8

triadic

#8B34C6 #C68B34 #34C68B

tetradic

#8B34C6 #C64234 #6FC634 #34B8C6

square

#8B34C6 #C64234 #6FC634 #34B8C6

split-complementary

#8B34C6 #B8C634 #34C642

monochromatic

#471B65 #692796 #8B34C6 #A762D6 #C292E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8B34C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8B34C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B34C6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B34C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B34C6	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b34c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 52, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.216 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274d8',
    500: '#8b34c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b34c6;
$custom-light: #b274d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b34c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.753,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52065,
    "c": 0.21557,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B34C6

secondary

#A4CD89

accent

#E24685

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B34C6

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

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