#8B3DDD#8B3DDD

#8B3DDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.229 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3DDD
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 61.99, -68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 92.36, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1188 -0.1953)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.229 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3642, 14.0468, 69.7676)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3DDD #8FDD3D

analogous

#3D3FDD #8B3DDD #DB3DDD

triadic

#8B3DDD #DD8B3D #3DDD8B

tetradic

#8B3DDD #DD3D3F #8FDD3D #3DDDDB

square

#8B3DDD #DD3D3F #8FDD3D #3DDDDB

split-complementary

#8B3DDD #DDDB3D #3FDD3D

monochromatic

#4E1888 #6C21BC #8B3DDD #AA71E6 #C9A5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8B3DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8B3DDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DDD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3DDD	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79658A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.229 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e9',
    500: '#8b3ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ddd;
$custom-light: #b379e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54758,
    "c": 0.22855,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3DDD

secondary

#BCDC99

accent

#ED3B96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3DDD

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

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