#8B3BD6#8B3BD6

#8B3BD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.224 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BD6
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 72.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 61.22, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 89.88, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.122 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.224 303)
XYZ	xyz(24.3462, 13.4719, 64.9230)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BD6 #86D63B

analogous

#3D3BD6 #8B3BD6 #D63BD3

triadic

#8B3BD6 #D68B3B #3BD68B

tetradic

#8B3BD6 #D63D3B #86D63B #3BD3D6

square

#8B3BD6 #D63D3B #86D63B #3BD3D6

split-complementary

#8B3BD6 #D3D63B #3BD63D

monochromatic

#4D1A7D #6C25AF #8B3BD6 #A96EE1 #C7A0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8B3BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8B3BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BD6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BD6	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.224 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e4',
    500: '#8b3bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bd6;
$custom-light: #b378e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54003,
    "c": 0.22366,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.13472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BD6

secondary

#B5D895

accent

#E83F91

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BD6

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