#8B3EC3#8B3EC3

#8B3EC3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.201 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3EC3
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 55.53, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 79.06, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1219 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.201 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2183, 12.8746, 52.9338)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3EC3 #76C33E

analogous

#483EC3 #8B3EC3 #C33EB8

triadic

#8B3EC3 #C38B3E #3EC38B

tetradic

#8B3EC3 #C3483E #76C33E #3EB8C3

square

#8B3EC3 #C3483E #76C33E #3EB8C3

split-complementary

#8B3EC3 #B8C33E #3EC348

monochromatic

#492067 #6A2E95 #8B3EC3 #A76DD2 #C39BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B3EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B3EC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3EC3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3EC3	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C65C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.201 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179d6',
    500: '#8b3ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ec3;
$custom-light: #b179d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52938,
    "c": 0.20071,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3EC3

secondary

#AACC91

accent

#DC4C89

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3EC3

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

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