#8B3BB3#8B3BB3

#8B3BB3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.188 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB3
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 179)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 67%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 53.36, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 72.72, 317.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1267 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.188 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3466, 11.8721, 43.8588)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB3 #63B33B

analogous

#4F3BB3 #8B3BB3 #B33B9F

triadic

#8B3BB3 #B38B3B #3BB38B

tetradic

#8B3BB3 #B34F3B #63B33B #3B9FB3

square

#8B3BB3 #B34F3B #63B33B #3B9FB3

split-complementary

#8B3BB3 #9FB33B #3BB34F

monochromatic

#441D57 #672C85 #8B3BB3 #A760CB #C18EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8B3BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8B3BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB3

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB3	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3062B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.188 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177ca',
    500: '#8b3bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb3;
$custom-light: #b177ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51479,
    "c": 0.18829,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB3

secondary

#9AC585

accent

#DA4E7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB3

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

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