#8B3DB2#8B3DB2

#8B3DB2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.185 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3DB2
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 52.22, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 71.19, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1244 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.185 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3506, 12.0414, 43.3630)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3DB2 #64B23D

analogous

#513DB2 #8B3DB2 #B23D9F

triadic

#8B3DB2 #B28B3D #3DB28B

tetradic

#8B3DB2 #B2513D #64B23D #3D9FB2

square

#8B3DB2 #B2513D #64B23D #3D9FB2

split-complementary

#8B3DB2 #9FB23D #3DB251

monochromatic

#441E57 #672D84 #8B3DB2 #A763C9 #C190D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8B3DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B3DB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DB2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3DB2	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3363AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.185 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078ca',
    500: '#8b3db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3db2;
$custom-light: #b078ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51652,
    "c": 0.18457,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3DB2

secondary

#9BC487

accent

#D94F7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3DB2

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

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