#8B3CB2#8B3CB2

#8B3CB2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.186 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CB2
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 52.68, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 71.71, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1256 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.186 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2978, 11.9356, 43.3454)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CB2 #63B23C

analogous

#503CB2 #8B3CB2 #B23C9E

triadic

#8B3CB2 #B28B3C #3CB28B

tetradic

#8B3CB2 #B2503C #63B23C #3C9EB2

square

#8B3CB2 #B2503C #63B23C #3C9EB2

split-complementary

#8B3CB2 #9EB23C #3CB250

monochromatic

#441D56 #672D84 #8B3CB2 #A761CA #C18FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8B3CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8B3CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CB2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CB2	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3263AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.186 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077ca',
    500: '#8b3cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cb2;
$custom-light: #b077ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.169,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51531,
    "c": 0.18593,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CB2

secondary

#9AC486

accent

#D94F7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CB2

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

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