#8C3BDD#8C3BDD

#8C3BDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.231 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3BDD
RGB	rgb(140, 59, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 63.02, -68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 93.26, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1219 -0.1961)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.231 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4272, 13.9237, 69.7405)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3BDD #8CDD3B

analogous

#3B3BDD #8C3BDD #DD3BDD

triadic

#8C3BDD #DD8C3B #3BDD8C

tetradic

#8C3BDD #DD3B3B #8CDD3B #3BDDDD

square

#8C3BDD #DD3B3B #8CDD3B #3BDDDD

split-complementary

#8C3BDD #DDDD3B #3BDD3B

monochromatic

#4F1786 #6D20BA #8C3BDD #AB6FE6 #C9A3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8C3BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8C3BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3BDD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3BDD	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 59, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.231 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b478e9',
    500: '#8c3bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3bdd;
$custom-light: #b478e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5466,
    "c": 0.23088,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3BDD

secondary

#BADC98

accent

#ED3B94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3BDD

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

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