#8B3BB4#8B3BB4

#8B3BB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.189 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB4
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 53.58, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 73.21, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1266 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.189 312)
XYZ	xyz(20.4481, 11.9127, 44.3934)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB4 #64B43B

analogous

#4E3BB4 #8B3BB4 #B43BA1

triadic

#8B3BB4 #B48B3B #3BB48B

tetradic

#8B3BB4 #B44E3B #64B43B #3BA1B4

square

#8B3BB4 #B44E3B #64B43B #3BA1B4

split-complementary

#8B3BB4 #A1B43B #3BB44E

monochromatic

#441D58 #672C86 #8B3BB4 #A761CB #C18FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8B3BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8B3BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB4

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB4	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F62B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.189 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177cb',
    500: '#8b3bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb4;
$custom-light: #b177cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.669,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51546,
    "c": 0.18929,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB4

secondary

#9BC586

accent

#DA4E7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB4

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

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