#8B3ED3#8B3ED3

#8B3ED3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.217 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3ED3
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 59.21, -63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 86.96, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1196 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.217 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1252, 13.6374, 62.9767)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3ED3 #86D33E

analogous

#403ED3 #8B3ED3 #D33ED0

triadic

#8B3ED3 #D38B3E #3ED38B

tetradic

#8B3ED3 #D3403E #86D33E #3ED0D3

square

#8B3ED3 #D3403E #86D33E #3ED0D3

split-complementary

#8B3ED3 #D0D33E #3ED340

monochromatic

#4D1C7B #6C27AC #8B3ED3 #A970DE #C7A2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8B3ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8B3ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3ED3

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3ED3	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.217 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ae1',
    500: '#8b3ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ed3;
$custom-light: #b27ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.007,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54105,
    "c": 0.21719,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3ED3

secondary

#B5D696

accent

#E64291

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3ED3

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

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