#8B45C8#8B45C8

#8B45C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.197 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45C8
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 53.37, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 77.86, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1137 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.197 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1986, 13.9155, 56.0962)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45C8 #82C845

analogous

#4945C8 #8B45C8 #C845C4

triadic

#8B45C8 #C88B45 #45C88B

tetradic

#8B45C8 #C84945 #82C845 #45C4C8

square

#8B45C8 #C84945 #82C845 #45C4C8

split-complementary

#8B45C8 #C4C845 #45C849

monochromatic

#4C2171 #6C2FA0 #8B45C8 #A874D6 #C6A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8B45C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8B45C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45C8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45C8	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2068C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.197 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17dd9',
    500: '#8b45c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45c8;
$custom-light: #b17dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.061,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54149,
    "c": 0.19686,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45C8

secondary

#B2D198

accent

#DE4A8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45C8

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

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