#8C3BC8#8C3BC8

#8C3BC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.210 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3BC8
RGB	rgb(140, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 58.21, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 83.01, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1257 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.21 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8023, 12.8738, 55.9160)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3BC8 #77C83B

analogous

#453BC8 #8C3BC8 #C83BBD

triadic

#8C3BC8 #C88C3B #3BC88C

tetradic

#8C3BC8 #C8453B #77C83B #3BBDC8

square

#8C3BC8 #C8453B #77C83B #3BBDC8

split-complementary

#8C3BC8 #BDC83B #3BC845

monochromatic

#4A1E6B #6B2B9A #8C3BC8 #A86BD5 #C49BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8C3BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8C3BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3BC8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3BC8	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0865C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.210 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278da',
    500: '#8c3bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3bc8;
$custom-light: #b278da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53075,
    "c": 0.20976,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3BC8

secondary

#ABCF90

accent

#DF4889

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3BC8

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

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