#8B3EB4#8B3EB4

#8B3EB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.185 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3EB4
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 180)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 52.19, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 71.64, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1232 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.185 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6068, 12.2300, 44.4463)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3EB4 #67B43E

analogous

#503EB4 #8B3EB4 #B43EA2

triadic

#8B3EB4 #B48B3E #3EB48B

tetradic

#8B3EB4 #B4503E #67B43E #3EA2B4

square

#8B3EB4 #B4503E #67B43E #3EA2B4

split-complementary

#8B3EB4 #A2B43E #3EB450

monochromatic

#451F59 #682E86 #8B3EB4 #A765CA #C193DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8B3EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8B3EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3EB4

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3EB4	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3264B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.185 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078cb',
    500: '#8b3eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3eb4;
$custom-light: #b078cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.153,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51907,
    "c": 0.18525,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3EB4

secondary

#9EC589

accent

#D84F7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3EB4

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

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