#8B3DC6#8B3DC6

#8B3DC6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.205 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3DC6
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, 56.67, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 81.05, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1226 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.205 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5071, 12.9039, 54.7201)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3DC6 #78C63D

analogous

#463DC6 #8B3DC6 #C63DBC

triadic

#8B3DC6 #C68B3D #3DC68B

tetradic

#8B3DC6 #C6463D #78C63D #3DBCC6

square

#8B3DC6 #C6463D #78C63D #3DBCC6

split-complementary

#8B3DC6 #BCC63D #3DC646

monochromatic

#491F6A #6A2D99 #8B3DC6 #A76CD4 #C49CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8B3DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B3DC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DC6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3DC6	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1265C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.205 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b279d8',
    500: '#8b3dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3dc6;
$custom-light: #b279d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.161,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53035,
    "c": 0.20505,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3DC6

secondary

#ABCE91

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3DC6

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

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