#8B3EE2#8B3EE2

#8B3EE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.233 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3EE2
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 72.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 62.74, -70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 94.32, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1168 -0.2011)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.233 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0941, 14.4250, 73.3463)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3EE2 #95E23E

analogous

#3E43E2 #8B3EE2 #DD3EE2

triadic

#8B3EE2 #E28B3E #3EE28B

tetradic

#8B3EE2 #E23E43 #95E23E #3EE2DD

square

#8B3EE2 #E23E43 #95E23E #3EE2DD

split-complementary

#8B3EE2 #E2DD3E #43E23E

monochromatic

#4F1690 #6C1EC5 #8B3EE2 #AB73EA #CBA8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8B3EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B3EE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3EE2

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3EE2	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.233 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47aec',
    500: '#8b3ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3ee2;
$custom-light: #b47aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.171,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55256,
    "c": 0.23256,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3EE2

secondary

#C0E09C

accent

#F1379A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3EE2

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

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