#8B3BC5#8B3BC5

#8B3BC5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.206 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BC5
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 57.34, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 81.55, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.1248 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.206 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2873, 12.6484, 54.0798)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BC5 #75C53B

analogous

#463BC5 #8B3BC5 #C53BBA

triadic

#8B3BC5 #C58B3B #3BC58B

tetradic

#8B3BC5 #C5463B #75C53B #3BBAC5

square

#8B3BC5 #C5463B #75C53B #3BBAC5

split-complementary

#8B3BC5 #BAC53B #3BC546

monochromatic

#491F67 #6A2C96 #8B3BC5 #A76AD3 #C399E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8B3BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8B3BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BC5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BC5	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1064C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.206 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b277d7',
    500: '#8b3bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bc5;
$custom-light: #b277d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52735,
    "c": 0.20648,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BC5

secondary

#A9CD8F

accent

#DE4A88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BC5

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

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