#8B15E2#8B15E2

#8B15E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.264 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B15E2
RGB	rgb(139, 21, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 83%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(275, 91%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 90.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 75.55, -77.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 108.33, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.1431 -0.2219)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.264 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6398, 11.5162, 72.8615)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B15E2 #6CE215

analogous

#2515E2 #8B15E2 #E215D2

triadic

#8B15E2 #E28B15 #15E28B

tetradic

#8B15E2 #E22515 #6CE215 #15D2E2

square

#8B15E2 #E22515 #6CE215 #15D2E2

split-complementary

#8B15E2 #D2E215 #15E225

monochromatic

#460B72 #6910AA #8B15E2 #A746EE #C27EF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8B15E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8B15E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B15E2

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B15E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B15E2	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#785986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b15e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 21, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.264 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56aec',
    500: '#8b15e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b15e2;
$custom-light: #b56aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b15e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.537,
    "s": 82.996,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52202,
    "c": 0.26404,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B15E2

secondary

#A2DB78

accent

#F92E85

background

#FBF6FE

surface

#F7ECFD

border

#D0C7D5

text

#120816

muted

#817A84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B15E2

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

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