#8B3CD5#8B3CD5

#8B3CD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.222 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CD5
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 60.56, -65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 88.92, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1212 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.222 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2707, 13.5248, 64.2698)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CD5 #86D53C

analogous

#3E3CD5 #8B3CD5 #D53CD3

triadic

#8B3CD5 #D58B3C #3CD58B

tetradic

#8B3CD5 #D53E3C #86D53C #3CD3D5

square

#8B3CD5 #D53E3C #86D53C #3CD3D5

split-complementary

#8B3CD5 #D3D53C #3CD53E

monochromatic

#4D1B7C #6C26AE #8B3CD5 #A96EE0 #C7A1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8B3CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B3CD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CD5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CD5	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.222 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e3',
    500: '#8b3cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cd5;
$custom-light: #b379e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.98,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54034,
    "c": 0.22153,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CD5

secondary

#B5D796

accent

#E84091

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CD5

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

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