#8B3AD5#8B3AD5

#8B3AD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.224 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3AD5
RGB	rgb(139, 58, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 61.42, -65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 89.87, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1231 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.224 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1680, 13.3192, 64.2355)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3AD5 #84D53A

analogous

#3D3AD5 #8B3AD5 #D53AD1

triadic

#8B3AD5 #D58B3A #3AD58B

tetradic

#8B3AD5 #D53D3A #84D53A #3AD1D5

square

#8B3AD5 #D53D3A #84D53A #3AD1D5

split-complementary

#8B3AD5 #D1D53A #3AD53D

monochromatic

#4C1A7A #6C25AD #8B3AD5 #A96CE0 #C69FEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8B3AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8B3AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3AD5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3AD5	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 58, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.224 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e3',
    500: '#8b3ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ad5;
$custom-light: #b378e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.355,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5382,
    "c": 0.22375,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3AD5

secondary

#B4D794

accent

#E84090

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3AD5

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

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