#8B3BB1#8B3BB1

#8B3BB1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.186 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB1
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 177)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 52.93, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 71.75, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1268 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.186 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1458, 11.7918, 42.8013)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB1 #61B13B

analogous

#503BB1 #8B3BB1 #B13B9C

triadic

#8B3BB1 #B18B3B #3BB18B

tetradic

#8B3BB1 #B1503B #61B13B #3B9CB1

square

#8B3BB1 #B1503B #61B13B #3B9CB1

split-complementary

#8B3BB1 #9CB13B #3BB150

monochromatic

#431C55 #672C83 #8B3BB1 #A85FCA #C18DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8B3BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8B3BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB1

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB1	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3262AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.186 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077c9',
    500: '#8b3bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb1;
$custom-light: #b077c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.678,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51345,
    "c": 0.18628,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB1

secondary

#99C484

accent

#DA4E7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB1

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

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