#8B3CC4#8B3CC4

#8B3CC4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.204 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CC4
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 56.67, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 80.57, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1239 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.204 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2250, 12.7065, 53.4956)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CC4 #75C43C

analogous

#473CC4 #8B3CC4 #C43CB9

triadic

#8B3CC4 #C48B3C #3CC48B

tetradic

#8B3CC4 #C4473C #75C43C #3CB9C4

square

#8B3CC4 #C4473C #75C43C #3CB9C4

split-complementary

#8B3CC4 #B9C43C #3CC447

monochromatic

#491F67 #6A2D96 #8B3CC4 #A76BD2 #C39AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B3CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B3CC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CC4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CC4	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1665C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.204 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b178d7',
    500: '#8b3cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cc4;
$custom-light: #b178d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52777,
    "c": 0.20423,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CC4

secondary

#A9CC90

accent

#DD4B88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CC4

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

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