#8B3CB7#8B3CB7

#8B3CB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.191 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CB7
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 67.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 53.77, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 74.17, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.1253 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.191 311)
XYZ	xyz(20.8090, 12.1401, 46.0376)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CB7 #68B73C

analogous

#4E3CB7 #8B3CB7 #B73CA5

triadic

#8B3CB7 #B78B3C #3CB78B

tetradic

#8B3CB7 #B74E3C #68B73C #3CA5B7

square

#8B3CB7 #B74E3C #68B73C #3CA5B7

split-complementary

#8B3CB7 #A5B73C #3CB74E

monochromatic

#451E5B #682D89 #8B3CB7 #A764CC #C192DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8B3CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8B3CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CB7

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CB7	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D63B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.191 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177cd',
    500: '#8b3cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cb7;
$custom-light: #b177cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.537,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51868,
    "c": 0.19101,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.1214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CB7

secondary

#9FC688

accent

#DA4E80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CB7

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

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