#8B3DD6#8B3DD6

#8B3DD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.221 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3DD6
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 71.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 60.36, -65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 88.93, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1201 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.221 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4509, 13.6815, 64.9579)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3DD6 #88D63D

analogous

#3F3DD6 #8B3DD6 #D63DD5

triadic

#8B3DD6 #D68B3D #3DD68B

tetradic

#8B3DD6 #D63F3D #88D63D #3DD5D6

square

#8B3DD6 #D63F3D #88D63D #3DD5D6

split-complementary

#8B3DD6 #D5D63D #3DD63F

monochromatic

#4D1B7E #6C25B1 #8B3DD6 #A970E1 #C7A2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8B3DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B3DD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DD6

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3DD6	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.221 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e4',
    500: '#8b3dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3dd6;
$custom-light: #b379e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 65.106,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5422,
    "c": 0.22141,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3DD6

secondary

#B7D897

accent

#E84092

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3DD6

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

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