#8B3BB6#8B3BB6

#8B3BB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.191 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB6
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 182)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 54.01, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 74.19, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1265 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.191 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6534, 11.9948, 45.4741)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB6 #66B63B

analogous

#4D3BB6 #8B3BB6 #B63BA4

triadic

#8B3BB6 #B68B3B #3BB68B

tetradic

#8B3BB6 #B64D3B #66B63B #3BA4B6

square

#8B3BB6 #B64D3B #66B63B #3BA4B6

split-complementary

#8B3BB6 #A4B63B #3BB64D

monochromatic

#441D5A #682C88 #8B3BB6 #A762CC #C190DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8B3BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8B3BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB6

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB6	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D63B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.191 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177cd',
    500: '#8b3bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb6;
$custom-light: #b177cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.024,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51682,
    "c": 0.19131,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB6

secondary

#9DC687

accent

#DB4D7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB6

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

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