#8C3ED7#8C3ED7

#8C3ED7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.221 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C3ED7
RGB	rgb(140, 62, 215)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 60.33, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 88.91, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.1203 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.221 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8007, 13.9270, 65.6584)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C3ED7 #89D73E

analogous

#403ED7 #8C3ED7 #D73ED6

triadic

#8C3ED7 #D78C3E #3ED78C

tetradic

#8C3ED7 #D7403E #89D73E #3ED6D7

square

#8C3ED7 #D7403E #89D73E #3ED6D7

split-complementary

#8C3ED7 #D6D73E #3ED740

monochromatic

#4E1B80 #6D25B3 #8C3ED7 #AA71E2 #C8A3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8C3ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8C3ED7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C3ED7

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C3ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C3ED7	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c3ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 62, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.221 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ae4',
    500: '#8c3ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c3ed7;
$custom-light: #b37ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c3ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 65.665,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54522,
    "c": 0.22149,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C3ED7

secondary

#B8D998

accent

#E93F92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C3ED7

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

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