#8B3ED4#8B3ED4

#8B3ED4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.218 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3ED4
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 59.45, -64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 87.46, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1195 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.218 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2510, 13.6877, 63.6390)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3ED4 #87D43E

analogous

#403ED4 #8B3ED4 #D43ED2

triadic

#8B3ED4 #D48B3E #3ED48B

tetradic

#8B3ED4 #D4403E #87D43E #3ED2D4

square

#8B3ED4 #D4403E #87D43E #3ED2D4

split-complementary

#8B3ED4 #D2D43E #3ED440

monochromatic

#4D1C7C #6C27AE #8B3ED4 #A970DF #C7A2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8B3ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B3ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3ED4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3ED4	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.218 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ae2',
    500: '#8b3ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ed4;
$custom-light: #b37ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.8,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5418,
    "c": 0.21821,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3ED4

secondary

#B6D797

accent

#E74192

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3ED4

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

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