#8B3BDD#8B3BDD

#8B3BDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.231 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3BDD
RGB	rgb(139, 59, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 73.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 62.85, -68.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 93.29, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% 0.1206 -0.1967)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.231 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2594, 13.8372, 69.7327)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3BDD #8DDD3B

analogous

#3B3CDD #8B3BDD #DC3BDD

triadic

#8B3BDD #DD8B3B #3BDD8B

tetradic

#8B3BDD #DD3B3C #8DDD3B #3BDDDC

square

#8B3BDD #DD3B3C #8DDD3B #3BDDDC

split-complementary

#8B3BDD #DDDC3B #3CDD3B

monochromatic

#4E1786 #6C20BA #8B3BDD #AA6FE6 #C9A3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8B3BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8B3BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3BDD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3BDD	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 59, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.231 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e9',
    500: '#8b3bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3bdd;
$custom-light: #b378e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.63,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54545,
    "c": 0.23071,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3BDD

secondary

#BADC98

accent

#ED3B95

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3BDD

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

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