#8B3ED7#8B3ED7

#8B3ED7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.221 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3ED7
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 60.15, -65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 88.93, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1189 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.221 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6329, 13.8405, 65.6505)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3ED7 #8AD73E

analogous

#3F3ED7 #8B3ED7 #D73ED7

triadic

#8B3ED7 #D78B3E #3ED78B

tetradic

#8B3ED7 #D73F3E #8AD73E #3ED7D7

square

#8B3ED7 #D73F3E #8AD73E #3ED7D7

split-complementary

#8B3ED7 #D7D73E #3ED73F

monochromatic

#4E1B80 #6C25B3 #8B3ED7 #A971E2 #C8A3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8B3ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8B3ED7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3ED7

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3ED7	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.221 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ae4',
    500: '#8b3ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ed7;
$custom-light: #b37ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.196,
    "s": 65.665,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54407,
    "c": 0.2213,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3ED7

secondary

#B8D998

accent

#E93F93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3ED7

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

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