#8B3AD9#8B3AD9

#8B3AD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.228 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3AD9
RGB	rgb(139, 58, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 73.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 62.34, -67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 91.81, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1223 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.228 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6819, 13.5248, 66.9424)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3AD9 #88D93A

analogous

#3C3AD9 #8B3AD9 #D93AD8

triadic

#8B3AD9 #D98B3A #3AD98B

tetradic

#8B3AD9 #D93C3A #88D93A #3AD8D9

square

#8B3AD9 #D93C3A #88D93A #3AD8D9

split-complementary

#8B3AD9 #D8D93A #3AD93C

monochromatic

#4D1980 #6C23B3 #8B3AD9 #A96DE3 #C7A1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8B3AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B3AD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3AD9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3AD9	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 58, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.228 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e6',
    500: '#8b3ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ad9;
$custom-light: #b378e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54128,
    "c": 0.22777,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3AD9

secondary

#B7D995

accent

#EB3D92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3AD9

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

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