#8C3BD5#8C3BD5

#8C3BD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.223 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3BD5
RGB	rgb(140, 59, 213)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 61.17, -65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 89.36, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1235 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.223 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3866, 13.5075, 64.2603)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3BD5 #84D53B

analogous

#3F3BD5 #8C3BD5 #D53BD1

triadic

#8C3BD5 #D58C3B #3BD58C

tetradic

#8C3BD5 #D53F3B #84D53B #3BD1D5

square

#8C3BD5 #D53F3B #84D53B #3BD1D5

split-complementary

#8C3BD5 #D1D53B #3BD53F

monochromatic

#4D1A7B #6D25AE #8C3BD5 #AA6DE0 #C7A0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8C3BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8C3BD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3BD5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3BD5	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 59, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.223 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e3',
    500: '#8c3bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3bd5;
$custom-light: #b378e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.558,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54044,
    "c": 0.22285,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3BD5

secondary

#B4D795

accent

#E84090

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3BD5

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

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