#8B3DB1#8B3DB1

#8B3DB1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.184 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3DB1
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 177)
HSL	hsl(280, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.22, 52.00, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.22, 70.70, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.1245 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.184 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2506, 12.0013, 42.8362)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3DB1 #63B13D

analogous

#513DB1 #8B3DB1 #B13D9D

triadic

#8B3DB1 #B18B3D #3DB18B

tetradic

#8B3DB1 #B1513D #63B13D #3D9DB1

square

#8B3DB1 #B1513D #63B13D #3D9DB1

split-complementary

#8B3DB1 #9DB13D #3DB151

monochromatic

#441E56 #672D83 #8B3DB1 #A762C9 #C190D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8B3DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8B3DB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DB1

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3DB1	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3463AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.184 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078c9',
    500: '#8b3db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3db1;
$custom-light: #b078c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.345,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51586,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3DB1

secondary

#9AC486

accent

#D8507C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3DB1

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

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