#8B3CD2#8B3CD2

#8B3CD2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.218 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CD2
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 210)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 59.87, -63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 87.45, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1217 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.218 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8935, 13.3739, 62.2829)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CD2 #83D23C

analogous

#403CD2 #8B3CD2 #D23CCE

triadic

#8B3CD2 #D28B3C #3CD28B

tetradic

#8B3CD2 #D2403C #83D23C #3CCED2

square

#8B3CD2 #D2403C #83D23C #3CCED2

split-complementary

#8B3CD2 #CED23C #3CD240

monochromatic

#4C1C78 #6C27AA #8B3CD2 #A96EDD #C69FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8B3CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8B3CD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CD2

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CD2	1.00	5.71	3.67	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.218 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e1',
    500: '#8b3cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cd2;
$custom-light: #b378e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.6,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53807,
    "c": 0.21848,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CD2

secondary

#B3D594

accent

#E64290

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CD2

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

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