#8B3ED6#8B3ED6

#8B3ED6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.220 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3ED6
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 71%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 59.91, -65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 88.44, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1191 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.22 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5048, 13.7892, 64.9759)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3ED6 #89D63E

analogous

#3F3ED6 #8B3ED6 #D63ED5

triadic

#8B3ED6 #D68B3E #3ED68B

tetradic

#8B3ED6 #D63F3E #89D63E #3ED5D6

square

#8B3ED6 #D63F3E #89D63E #3ED5D6

split-complementary

#8B3ED6 #D5D63E #3ED63F

monochromatic

#4D1B7F #6C26B1 #8B3ED6 #A970E1 #C8A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8B3ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B3ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3ED6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3ED6	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.220 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ae4',
    500: '#8b3ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ed6;
$custom-light: #b37ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.395,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54331,
    "c": 0.22027,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3ED6

secondary

#B7D898

accent

#E84093

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3ED6

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

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