#8B39BC#8B39BC

#8B39BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.200 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B39BC
RGB	rgb(139, 57, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 56.22, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 78.13, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.128 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.2 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1859, 12.0465, 48.7764)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B39BC #6ABC39

analogous

#4939BC #8B39BC #BC39AB

triadic

#8B39BC #BC8B39 #39BC8B

tetradic

#8B39BC #BC4939 #6ABC39 #39ABBC

square

#8B39BC #BC4939 #6ABC39 #39ABBC

split-complementary

#8B39BC #ABBC39 #39BC49

monochromatic

#461D5E #682B8D #8B39BC #A763D0 #C192DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8B39BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B39BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B39BC

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B39BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B39BC	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2163B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b39bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.200 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176d1',
    500: '#8b39bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b39bc;
$custom-light: #b176d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b39bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.557,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51868,
    "c": 0.19989,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B39BC

secondary

#A0C988

accent

#DD4B82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B39BC

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

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