#8C3CC8#8C3CC8

#8C3CC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.209 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3CC8
RGB	rgb(140, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 57.77, -58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 82.52, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1247 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.209 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8542, 12.9775, 55.9333)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3CC8 #78C83C

analogous

#463CC8 #8C3CC8 #C83CBE

triadic

#8C3CC8 #C88C3C #3CC88C

tetradic

#8C3CC8 #C8463C #78C83C #3CBEC8

square

#8C3CC8 #C8463C #78C83C #3CBEC8

split-complementary

#8C3CC8 #BEC83C #3CC846

monochromatic

#4A1E6B #6B2C9B #8C3CC8 #A86CD5 #C49BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8C3CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8C3CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3CC8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3CC8	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C65C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.209 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278da',
    500: '#8c3cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3cc8;
$custom-light: #b278da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53187,
    "c": 0.20856,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3CC8

secondary

#ABCF91

accent

#DF4989

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3CC8

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

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