#8B3BB9#8B3BB9

#8B3BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.194 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BB9
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 54.67, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 75.66, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1262 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.194 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9667, 12.1201, 47.1245)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BB9 #69B93B

analogous

#4C3BB9 #8B3BB9 #B93BA8

triadic

#8B3BB9 #B98B3B #3BB98B

tetradic

#8B3BB9 #B94C3B #69B93B #3BA8B9

square

#8B3BB9 #B94C3B #69B93B #3BA8B9

split-complementary

#8B3BB9 #A8B93B #3BB94C

monochromatic

#451D5C #682C8B #8B3BB9 #A764CD #C192DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8B3BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8B3BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BB9

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BB9	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2963B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.194 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177cf',
    500: '#8b3bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bb9;
$custom-light: #b177cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.095,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51887,
    "c": 0.19434,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BB9

secondary

#9FC788

accent

#DB4D81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BB9

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

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