#8B3AB9#8B3AB9

#8B3AB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.196 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3AB9
RGB	rgb(139, 58, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 55.12, -52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 76.17, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1273 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.196 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9158, 12.0183, 47.1075)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3AB9 #68B93A

analogous

#4C3AB9 #8B3AB9 #B93AA7

triadic

#8B3AB9 #B98B3A #3AB98B

tetradic

#8B3AB9 #B94C3A #68B93A #3AA7B9

square

#8B3AB9 #B94C3A #68B93A #3AA7B9

split-complementary

#8B3AB9 #A7B93A #3AB94C

monochromatic

#451D5C #682B8A #8B3AB9 #A762CE #C191DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8B3AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8B3AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3AB9

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3AB9	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)

#005EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2763B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 58, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.196 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176cf',
    500: '#8b3ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ab9;
$custom-light: #b176cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.268,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51772,
    "c": 0.19563,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3AB9

secondary

#9FC787

accent

#DC4C80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3AB9

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

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