#8B39B7#8B39B7

#8B39B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.195 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B39B7
RGB	rgb(139, 57, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 68.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 55.13, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 75.69, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.1286 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.195 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6562, 11.8346, 45.9867)
Luminance	0.1183 (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

#8B39B7 #65B739

analogous

#4C39B7 #8B39B7 #B739A4

triadic

#8B39B7 #B78B39 #39B78B

tetradic

#8B39B7 #B74C39 #65B739 #39A4B7

square

#8B39B7 #B74C39 #65B739 #39A4B7

split-complementary

#8B39B7 #A4B739 #39B74C

monochromatic

#441C5A #682A88 #8B39B7 #A760CD #C18EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8B39B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8B39B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B39B7

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B39B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B39B7	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2962B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b39b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.195 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176cd',
    500: '#8b39b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b39b7;
$custom-light: #b176cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b39b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5152,
    "c": 0.1949,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B39B7

secondary

#9CC785

accent

#DC4C7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B39B7

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

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