#8B3EC5#8B3EC5

#8B3EC5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.203 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3EC5
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 197)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 68.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 55.99, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 80.05, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1216 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.203 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4460, 12.9657, 54.1327)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3EC5 #78C53E

analogous

#473EC5 #8B3EC5 #C53EBC

triadic

#8B3EC5 #C58B3E #3EC58B

tetradic

#8B3EC5 #C5473E #78C53E #3EBCC5

square

#8B3EC5 #C5473E #78C53E #3EBCC5

split-complementary

#8B3EC5 #BCC53E #3EC547

monochromatic

#492069 #6A2E98 #8B3EC5 #A76DD3 #C49CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8B3EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8B3EC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3EC5

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3EC5	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1865C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.203 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179d7',
    500: '#8b3ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ec5;
$custom-light: #b179d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5308,
    "c": 0.20277,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3EC5

secondary

#ABCD91

accent

#DD4B8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3EC5

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

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