#8B3BC2#8B3BC2

#8B3BC2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.203 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BC2
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 194)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 56.67, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 80.08, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1252 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.203 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.9470, 12.5123, 52.2874)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BC2 #72C23B

analogous

#483BC2 #8B3BC2 #C23BB5

triadic

#8B3BC2 #C28B3B #3BC28B

tetradic

#8B3BC2 #C2483B #72C23B #3BB5C2

square

#8B3BC2 #C2483B #72C23B #3BB5C2

split-complementary

#8B3BC2 #B5C23B #3BC248

monochromatic

#481E64 #692D93 #8B3BC2 #A769D1 #C298E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8B3BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8B3BC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BC2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BC2	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1964BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82597A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.203 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177d5',
    500: '#8b3bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bc2;
$custom-light: #b177d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5252,
    "c": 0.20344,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.12512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BC2

secondary

#A7CB8E

accent

#DD4B86

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BC2

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

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