#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
RGBrgb(140, 59, 200)
HSLhsl(274, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(274, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(42.57, 58.21, -59.17)
CIE-LCHlch(42.57, 83.01, 314.53°)
OKLaboklab(53.08% 0.1257 -0.1679)
OKLCHoklch(53.08% 0.21 306.8)
XYZxyz(22.8023, 12.8738, 55.9160)
Luminance0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8C3BC81.005.873.575.87
#FFFFFF5.871.0021.001.00
#0000003.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.871.0021.001.00

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

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#8C3BC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva