#8B45D6#8B45D6

#8B45D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.212 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45D6
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 67.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 56.69, -63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 84.89, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1121 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.212 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9103, 14.6002, 65.1110)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45D6 #90D645

analogous

#4547D6 #8B45D6 #D445D6

triadic

#8B45D6 #D68B45 #45D68B

tetradic

#8B45D6 #D64547 #90D645 #45D6D4

square

#8B45D6 #D64547 #90D645 #45D6D4

split-complementary

#8B45D6 #D6D445 #47D645

monochromatic

#4F1D84 #6C28B6 #8B45D6 #AA77E1 #CAA9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8B45D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B45D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45D6

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45D6	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.212 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee3',
    500: '#8b45d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45d6;
$custom-light: #b27ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55152,
    "c": 0.2119,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45D6

secondary

#BCDA9D

accent

#E74197

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45D6

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

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