#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
RGBrgb(139, 59, 195)
HSLhsl(275, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(275, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(28.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(42.09, 56.89, -57.06)
CIE-LCHlch(42.09, 80.57, 314.92°)
OKLaboklab(52.59% 0.1251 -0.1617)
OKLCHoklch(52.59% 0.204 307.7)
XYZxyz(22.0597, 12.5573, 52.8809)
Luminance0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8B3BC31.005.983.515.98
#FFFFFF5.981.0021.001.00
#0000003.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.981.0021.001.00

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

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#8B3BC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva