#8B3CC6#8B3CC6

#8B3CC6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.206 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CC6
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 57.12, -58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 81.55, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1236 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.206 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4542, 12.7982, 54.7025)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CC6 #77C63C

analogous

#463CC6 #8B3CC6 #C63CBC

triadic

#8B3CC6 #C68B3C #3CC68B

tetradic

#8B3CC6 #C6463C #77C63C #3CBCC6

square

#8B3CC6 #C6463C #77C63C #3CBCC6

split-complementary

#8B3CC6 #BCC63C #3CC646

monochromatic

#491F69 #6A2D98 #8B3CC6 #A76BD4 #C39BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8B3CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8B3CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CC6

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CC6	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1065C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.206 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278d8',
    500: '#8b3cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cc6;
$custom-light: #b278d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.348,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52921,
    "c": 0.20627,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CC6

secondary

#AACE90

accent

#DE4A89

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CC6

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

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