#8B45D9#8B45D9

#8B45D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.215 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45D9
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 57.41, -64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 86.39, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1117 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.215 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2969, 14.7548, 67.1474)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45D9 #93D945

analogous

#4549D9 #8B45D9 #D545D9

triadic

#8B45D9 #D98B45 #45D98B

tetradic

#8B45D9 #D94549 #93D945 #45D9D5

square

#8B45D9 #D94549 #93D945 #45D9D5

split-complementary

#8B45D9 #D9D545 #49D945

monochromatic

#4F1C88 #6C26BB #8B45D9 #AB78E3 #CAABEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8B45D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8B45D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45D9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45D9	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.215 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ee6',
    500: '#8b45d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45d9;
$custom-light: #b37ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.378,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55373,
    "c": 0.2151,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45D9

secondary

#BFDB9E

accent

#E93F99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45D9

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

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