#8B39C8#8B39C8

#8B39C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.212 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B39C8
RGBrgb(139, 57, 200)
HSLhsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(274, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(30.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(42.13, 58.89, -59.89)
CIE-LCHlch(42.13, 83.99, 314.52°)
OKLaboklab(52.73% 0.1263 -0.1701)
OKLCHoklch(52.73% 0.212 306.6)
XYZxyz(22.5337, 12.5856, 55.8746)
Luminance0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B39C8 #76C839
analogous
#4439C8 #8B39C8 #C839BD
triadic
#8B39C8 #C88B39 #39C88B
tetradic
#8B39C8 #C84439 #76C839 #39BDC8
square
#8B39C8 #C84439 #76C839 #39BDC8
split-complementary
#8B39C8 #BDC839 #39C844
monochromatic
#491D69 #6A2B99 #8B39C8 #A769D5 #C399E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97
#8B39C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52
#8B39C8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B39C8
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B39C8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B39C81.005.973.525.97
#FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00
#0000003.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0061CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0064C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#815A7D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b39c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 57, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.212 306.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276da',
    500: '#8b39c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b39c8;
$custom-light: #b276da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b39c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.406,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52734,
    "c": 0.21187,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B39C8
secondary
#AACE8F
accent
#E04889
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFB
border
#D0C8D4
text
#110915
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8B39C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva