#8B3CC3#8B3CC3

#8B3CC3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.203 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CC3
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 56.44, -56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 80.07, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.124 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.203 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1116, 12.6611, 52.8982)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CC3 #74C33C

analogous

#473CC3 #8B3CC3 #C33CB8

triadic

#8B3CC3 #C38B3C #3CC38B

tetradic

#8B3CC3 #C3473C #74C33C #3CB8C3

square

#8B3CC3 #C3473C #74C33C #3CB8C3

split-complementary

#8B3CC3 #B8C33C #3CC347

monochromatic

#481F65 #6A2E94 #8B3CC3 #A76BD1 #C39AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8B3CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8B3CC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CC3

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CC3	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)

#0061C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1864C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.203 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b178d6',
    500: '#8b3cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cc3;
$custom-light: #b178d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.111,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52705,
    "c": 0.20322,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CC3

secondary

#A8CC8F

accent

#DC4B88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CC3

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

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