#8B3EB7#8B3EB7

#8B3EB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.188 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3EB7
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 66.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 52.85, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 73.12, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.123 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.188 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9157, 12.3536, 46.0732)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3EB7 #6AB73E

analogous

#4E3EB7 #8B3EB7 #B73EA6

triadic

#8B3EB7 #B78B3E #3EB78B

tetradic

#8B3EB7 #B74E3E #6AB73E #3EA6B7

square

#8B3EB7 #B74E3E #6AB73E #3EA6B7

split-complementary

#8B3EB7 #A6B73E #3EB74E

monochromatic

#461F5C #682F89 #8B3EB7 #A767CB #C194DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8B3EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8B3EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3EB7

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3EB7	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F64B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.188 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179cd',
    500: '#8b3eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3eb7;
$custom-light: #b179cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52108,
    "c": 0.18834,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3EB7

secondary

#A0C68A

accent

#D94F81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3EB7

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

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