#8E3BC8#8E3BC8

#8E3BC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.210 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3BC8
RGB	rgb(142, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 58.61, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 82.97, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.32% 0.1284 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(53.32% 0.21 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1424, 13.0492, 55.9320)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3BC8 #75C83B

analogous

#473BC8 #8E3BC8 #C83BBB

triadic

#8E3BC8 #C88E3B #3BC88E

tetradic

#8E3BC8 #C8473B #75C83B #3BBBC8

square

#8E3BC8 #C8473B #75C83B #3BBBC8

split-complementary

#8E3BC8 #BBC83B #3BC847

monochromatic

#4B1E6B #6D2B9A #8E3BC8 #AA6BD5 #C59BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8E3BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8E3BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3BC8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3BC8	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1066C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.210 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b478da',
    500: '#8e3bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3bc8;
$custom-light: #b478da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.319,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5332,
    "c": 0.21029,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3BC8

secondary

#AACF90

accent

#DF4887

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3BC8

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

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