#8B45C2#8B45C2

#8B45C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.190 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45C2
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 64.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 51.97, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 74.84, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.1141 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.19 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5111, 13.6405, 52.4755)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45C2 #7CC245

analogous

#4D45C2 #8B45C2 #C245BB

triadic

#8B45C2 #C28B45 #45C28B

tetradic

#8B45C2 #C24D45 #7CC245 #45BBC2

square

#8B45C2 #C24D45 #7CC245 #45BBC2

split-complementary

#8B45C2 #BBC245 #45C24D

monochromatic

#4B236A #6B3298 #8B45C2 #A873D1 #C4A1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8B45C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8B45C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45C2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45C2	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A68BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.190 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17dd5',
    500: '#8b45c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45c2;
$custom-light: #b17dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53735,
    "c": 0.19039,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45C2

secondary

#AECD96

accent

#DA4E8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45C2

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

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