#8B3BB7#8B3BB7

#8B3BB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.192 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB7
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 67.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 54.23, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 74.68, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1264 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.192 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7571, 12.0363, 46.0203)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB7 #67B73B

analogous

#4D3BB7 #8B3BB7 #B73BA5

triadic

#8B3BB7 #B78B3B #3BB78B

tetradic

#8B3BB7 #B74D3B #67B73B #3BA5B7

square

#8B3BB7 #B74D3B #67B73B #3BA5B7

split-complementary

#8B3BB7 #A5B73B #3BB74D

monochromatic

#451D5A #682C89 #8B3BB7 #A763CD #C191DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8B3BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B3BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB7

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB7	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B63B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.192 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177cd',
    500: '#8b3bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb7;
$custom-light: #b177cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5175,
    "c": 0.19232,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB7

secondary

#9EC687

accent

#DB4D7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB7

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

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