#8C3BB2#8C3BB2

#8C3BB2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.188 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3BB2
RGB	rgb(140, 59, 178)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 66.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, 53.37, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 72.25, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.128 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.188 313)
XYZ	xyz(20.4137, 11.9183, 43.3360)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3BB2 #61B23B

analogous

#513BB2 #8C3BB2 #B23B9D

triadic

#8C3BB2 #B28C3B #3BB28C

tetradic

#8C3BB2 #B2513B #61B23B #3B9DB2

square

#8C3BB2 #B2513B #61B23B #3B9DB2

split-complementary

#8C3BB2 #9DB23B #3BB251

monochromatic

#441D56 #682C84 #8C3BB2 #A860CA #C18EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8C3BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8C3BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3BB2

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3BB2	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3263AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 59, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.188 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177ca',
    500: '#8c3bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3bb2;
$custom-light: #b177ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.84,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5154,
    "c": 0.18764,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.11918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3BB2

secondary

#99C485

accent

#DA4E7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3BB2

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

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