#8B3BC3#8B3BC3

#8B3BC3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.204 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BC3
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 56.89, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 80.57, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.1251 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.204 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0597, 12.5573, 52.8809)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BC3 #73C33B

analogous

#473BC3 #8B3BC3 #C33BB7

triadic

#8B3BC3 #C38B3B #3BC38B

tetradic

#8B3BC3 #C3473B #73C33B #3BB7C3

square

#8B3BC3 #C3473B #73C33B #3BB7C3

split-complementary

#8B3BC3 #B7C33B #3BC347

monochromatic

#481F65 #6A2D94 #8B3BC3 #A769D2 #C398E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8B3BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8B3BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BC3

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BC3	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1664C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.204 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177d6',
    500: '#8b3bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bc3;
$custom-light: #b177d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52591,
    "c": 0.20445,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BC3

secondary

#A7CC8E

accent

#DD4B87

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BC3

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

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