#8B3ED9#8B3ED9

#8B3ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.223 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3ED9
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 60.62, -66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 89.92, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1186 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.223 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8915, 13.9439, 67.0123)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3ED9 #8CD93E

analogous

#3E3FD9 #8B3ED9 #D83ED9

triadic

#8B3ED9 #D98B3E #3ED98B

tetradic

#8B3ED9 #D93E3F #8CD93E #3ED9D8

square

#8B3ED9 #D93E3F #8CD93E #3ED9D8

split-complementary

#8B3ED9 #D9D83E #3FD93E

monochromatic

#4E1A83 #6C24B6 #8B3ED9 #AA71E3 #C8A4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B3ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B3ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3ED9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3ED9	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.223 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ae6',
    500: '#8b3ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ed9;
$custom-light: #b37ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.806,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54559,
    "c": 0.22335,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3ED9

secondary

#BADA99

accent

#EA3E94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3ED9

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

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