#8B3CC8#8B3CC8

#8B3CC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.208 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CC8
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 57.58, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 82.54, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1233 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.208 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6864, 12.8910, 55.9255)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CC8 #79C83C

analogous

#453CC8 #8B3CC8 #C83CBF

triadic

#8B3CC8 #C88B3C #3CC88B

tetradic

#8B3CC8 #C8453C #79C83C #3CBFC8

square

#8B3CC8 #C8453C #79C83C #3CBFC8

split-complementary

#8B3CC8 #BFC83C #3CC845

monochromatic

#4A1E6B #6B2C9B #8B3CC8 #A76CD5 #C49BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B3CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B3CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CC8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CC8	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0765C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.208 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278da',
    500: '#8b3cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cc8;
$custom-light: #b278da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53066,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CC8

secondary

#ACCF91

accent

#DF498A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CC8

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

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