#8B3DC4#8B3DC4

#8B3DC4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.203 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3DC4
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 56.22, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 80.06, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1228 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.203 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2779, 12.8123, 53.5132)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3DC4 #76C43D

analogous

#473DC4 #8B3DC4 #C43DB9

triadic

#8B3DC4 #C48B3D #3DC48B

tetradic

#8B3DC4 #C4473D #76C43D #3DB9C4

square

#8B3DC4 #C4473D #76C43D #3DB9C4

split-complementary

#8B3DC4 #B9C43D #3DC447

monochromatic

#491F67 #6A2E96 #8B3DC4 #A76CD2 #C39BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8B3DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8B3DC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DC4

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3DC4	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1865C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.203 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b178d7',
    500: '#8b3dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3dc4;
$custom-light: #b178d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52892,
    "c": 0.20299,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3DC4

secondary

#AACD90

accent

#DD4B89

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3DC4

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

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