#8E39BB#8E39BB

#8E39BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.200 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E39BB
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 69.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 56.63, -53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 77.63, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1321 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.2 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5864, 12.2654, 48.2344)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E39BB #66BB39

analogous

#4D39BB #8E39BB #BB39A7

triadic

#8E39BB #BB8E39 #39BB8E

tetradic

#8E39BB #BB4D39 #66BB39 #39A7BB

square

#8E39BB #BB4D39 #66BB39 #39A7BB

split-complementary

#8E39BB #A7BB39 #39BB4D

monochromatic

#471C5D #6A2B8C #8E39BB #A962CF #C391DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8E39BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8E39BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E39BB

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E39BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E39BB	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2864B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e39bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.200 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b376d0',
    500: '#8e39bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e39bb;
$custom-light: #b376d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e39bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5218,
    "c": 0.19984,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E39BB

secondary

#9EC887

accent

#DD4B7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E39BB

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

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