#8C3CD9#8C3CD9

#8C3CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.226 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3CD9
RGB	rgb(140, 60, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 61.67, -66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 90.84, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1218 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.226 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9525, 13.8169, 66.9845)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3CD9 #89D93C

analogous

#3E3CD9 #8C3CD9 #D93CD8

triadic

#8C3CD9 #D98C3C #3CD98C

tetradic

#8C3CD9 #D93E3C #89D93C #3CD8D9

square

#8C3CD9 #D93E3C #89D93C #3CD8D9

split-complementary

#8C3CD9 #D8D93C #3CD93E

monochromatic

#4E1981 #6D23B5 #8C3CD9 #AA6FE3 #C8A2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8C3CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8C3CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3CD9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3CD9	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 60, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.226 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b479e6',
    500: '#8c3cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3cd9;
$custom-light: #b479e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.573,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54456,
    "c": 0.22577,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3CD9

secondary

#B8DA97

accent

#EA3E92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3CD9

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

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