#8B3BB2#8B3BB2

#8B3BB2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.187 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB2
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 66.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 53.15, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 72.23, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1268 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.187 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2459, 11.8318, 43.3281)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB2 #62B23B

analogous

#503BB2 #8B3BB2 #B23B9E

triadic

#8B3BB2 #B28B3B #3BB28B

tetradic

#8B3BB2 #B2503B #62B23B #3B9EB2

square

#8B3BB2 #B2503B #62B23B #3B9EB2

split-complementary

#8B3BB2 #9EB23B #3BB250

monochromatic

#431D56 #672C84 #8B3BB2 #A760CA #C18EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8B3BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8B3BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB2

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB2	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3162AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.187 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077ca',
    500: '#8b3bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb2;
$custom-light: #b077ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.336,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51412,
    "c": 0.18728,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB2

secondary

#99C485

accent

#DA4E7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB2

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

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