#8B45D8#8B45D8

#8B45D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.214 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45D8
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 57.17, -64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 85.89, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1118 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.214 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1673, 14.7030, 66.4645)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45D8 #92D845

analogous

#4548D8 #8B45D8 #D445D8

triadic

#8B45D8 #D88B45 #45D88B

tetradic

#8B45D8 #D84548 #92D845 #45D8D4

square

#8B45D8 #D84548 #92D845 #45D8D4

split-complementary

#8B45D8 #D8D445 #48D845

monochromatic

#4F1C86 #6C27B9 #8B45D8 #AB78E3 #CAAAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8B45D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8B45D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45D8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45D8	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.214 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee5',
    500: '#8b45d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45d8;
$custom-light: #b27ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55299,
    "c": 0.21404,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45D8

secondary

#BEDB9E

accent

#E84098

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45D8

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

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