#8B3DE0#8B3DE0

#8B3DE0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.232 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B3DE0
RGBrgb(139, 61, 224)
HSLhsl(269, 72%, 56%)
HSVhsv(269, 73%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(37.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.53, 62.70, -69.79)
CIE-LCHlch(44.53, 93.82, 311.94°)
OKLaboklab(54.99% 0.1181 -0.1992)
OKLCHoklch(54.99% 0.232 300.7)
XYZxyz(25.7674, 14.2081, 71.8914)
Luminance0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B3DE0 #92E03D
analogous
#3D40E0 #8B3DE0 #DD3DE0
triadic
#8B3DE0 #E08B3D #3DE08B
tetradic
#8B3DE0 #E03D40 #92E03D #3DE0DD
square
#8B3DE0 #E03D40 #92E03D #3DE0DD
split-complementary
#8B3DE0 #E0DD3D #40E03D
monochromatic
#4F168C #6C1FC1 #8B3DE0 #AB72E8 #CAA7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47
#8B3DE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84
#8B3DE0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3DE0
5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B3DE0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B3DE01.005.473.845.47
#FFFFFF5.471.0021.001.00
#0000003.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.471.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0069E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0068DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#78668B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b3de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.232 300.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47aeb',
    500: '#8b3de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b3de0;
$custom-light: #b47aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b3de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.712,
    "s": 72.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54992,
    "c": 0.2316,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B3DE0
secondary
#BEDE9B
accent
#EF3998
background
#FBF7FE
surface
#F6EEFD
border
#D0C9D5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

Preview Lab

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#8B3DE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva