#8B41C9#8B41C9

#8B41C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.203 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B41C9
RGB	rgb(139, 65, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, 55.52, -58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 80.49, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.118 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.203 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0781, 13.4868, 56.6344)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B41C9 #7FC941

analogous

#4741C9 #8B41C9 #C941C3

triadic

#8B41C9 #C98B41 #41C98B

tetradic

#8B41C9 #C94741 #7FC941 #41C3C9

square

#8B41C9 #C94741 #7FC941 #41C3C9

split-complementary

#8B41C9 #C3C941 #41C947

monochromatic

#4B2070 #6B2D9F #8B41C9 #A871D7 #C5A0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8B41C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8B41C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B41C9

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B41C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B41C9	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1467C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b41c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 65, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.203 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27bda',
    500: '#8b41c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b41c9;
$custom-light: #b27bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b41c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53723,
    "c": 0.20314,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B41C9

secondary

#B0D195

accent

#DF498D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B41C9

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

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