#8B3CDB#8B3CDB

#8B3CDB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.228 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3CDB
RGB	rgb(139, 60, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 72.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 61.96, -67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 91.85, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1201 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.228 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0464, 13.8351, 68.3550)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3CDB #8CDB3C

analogous

#3C3DDB #8B3CDB #DA3CDB

triadic

#8B3CDB #DB8B3C #3CDB8B

tetradic

#8B3CDB #DB3C3D #8CDB3C #3CDBDA

square

#8B3CDB #DB3C3D #8CDB3C #3CDBDA

split-complementary

#8B3CDB #DBDA3C #3DDB3C

monochromatic

#4E1884 #6C22B8 #8B3CDB #AA70E5 #C8A3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8B3CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8B3CDB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3CDB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3CDB	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 60, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.228 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e7',
    500: '#8b3cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3cdb;
$custom-light: #b379e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.811,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54495,
    "c": 0.22761,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3CDB

secondary

#BADB98

accent

#EC3C94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3CDB

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

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