#8B3AB5#8B3AB5

#8B3AB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.192 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3AB5
RGB	rgb(139, 58, 181)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 68%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 54.25, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 74.21, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.1277 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.192 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4995, 11.8518, 44.9149)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3AB5 #64B53A

analogous

#4E3AB5 #8B3AB5 #B53AA2

triadic

#8B3AB5 #B58B3A #3AB58B

tetradic

#8B3AB5 #B54E3A #64B53A #3AA2B5

square

#8B3AB5 #B54E3A #64B53A #3AA2B5

split-complementary

#8B3AB5 #A2B53A #3AB54E

monochromatic

#441C58 #672B87 #8B3AB5 #A760CC #C18EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8B3AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8B3AB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3AB5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3AB5	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D62B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 58, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.192 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176cc',
    500: '#8b3ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ab5;
$custom-light: #b176cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51497,
    "c": 0.19162,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3AB5

secondary

#9BC685

accent

#DB4D7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3AB5

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

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