#8B3BC4#8B3BC4

#8B3BC4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.205 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BC4
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 69.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 57.12, -57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 81.06, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1249 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.205 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1731, 12.6027, 53.4783)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BC4 #74C43B

analogous

#463BC4 #8B3BC4 #C43BB9

triadic

#8B3BC4 #C48B3B #3BC48B

tetradic

#8B3BC4 #C4463B #74C43B #3BB9C4

square

#8B3BC4 #C4463B #74C43B #3BB9C4

split-complementary

#8B3BC4 #B9C43B #3BC446

monochromatic

#481F66 #6A2D95 #8B3BC4 #A76AD2 #C399E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8B3BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8B3BC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BC4

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BC4	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1364C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.205 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b277d7',
    500: '#8b3bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bc4;
$custom-light: #b277d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.036,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52663,
    "c": 0.20546,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BC4

secondary

#A8CC8F

accent

#DD4B88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BC4

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

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