#8C3CD6#8C3CD6

#8C3CD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.223 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3CD6
RGB	rgb(140, 60, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 72%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 60.97, -65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 89.38, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1224 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.223 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5658, 13.6622, 64.9482)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3CD6 #86D63C

analogous

#3F3CD6 #8C3CD6 #D63CD3

triadic

#8C3CD6 #D68C3C #3CD68C

tetradic

#8C3CD6 #D63F3C #86D63C #3CD3D6

square

#8C3CD6 #D63F3C #86D63C #3CD3D6

split-complementary

#8C3CD6 #D3D63C #3CD63F

monochromatic

#4E1A7D #6D25B0 #8C3CD6 #AA6FE1 #C8A1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8C3CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8C3CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3CD6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3CD6	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 60, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.223 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e4',
    500: '#8c3cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3cd6;
$custom-light: #b379e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.169,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54227,
    "c": 0.22273,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3CD6

secondary

#B6D896

accent

#E84091

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3CD6

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

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