#8E3BB9#8E3BB9

#8E3BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.195 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3BB9
RGB	rgb(142, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.82, 55.32, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.82, 75.67, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1301 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.195 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4746, 12.3820, 47.1483)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3BB9 #66B93B

analogous

#4F3BB9 #8E3BB9 #B93BA5

triadic

#8E3BB9 #B98E3B #3BB98E

tetradic

#8E3BB9 #B94F3B #66B93B #3BA5B9

square

#8E3BB9 #B94F3B #66B93B #3BA5B9

split-complementary

#8E3BB9 #A5B93B #3BB94F

monochromatic

#471D5C #6A2C8B #8E3BB9 #A964CD #C392DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8E3BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8E3BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3BB9

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3BB9	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D64B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.195 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b377cf',
    500: '#8e3bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3bb9;
$custom-light: #b377cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.524,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52268,
    "c": 0.19533,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3BB9

secondary

#9EC788

accent

#DB4D7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3BB9

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

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