#8B3CD9#8B3CD9

#8B3CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.226 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CD9
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 61.49, -66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 90.88, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1205 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.226 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7847, 13.7304, 66.9767)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CD9 #8AD93C

analogous

#3D3CD9 #8B3CD9 #D93CD9

triadic

#8B3CD9 #D98B3C #3CD98B

tetradic

#8B3CD9 #D93D3C #8AD93C #3CD9D9

square

#8B3CD9 #D93D3C #8AD93C #3CD9D9

split-complementary

#8B3CD9 #D9D93C #3CD93D

monochromatic

#4E1981 #6C23B5 #8B3CD9 #A96FE3 #C8A2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8B3CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B3CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CD9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CD9	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.226 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e6',
    500: '#8b3cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cd9;
$custom-light: #b379e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.191,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54341,
    "c": 0.22558,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CD9

secondary

#B8DA97

accent

#EA3E93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CD9

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

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