#8B45E0#8B45E0

#8B45E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.223 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45E0
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 224)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 69.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 59.10, -67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 89.88, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1106 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.223 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2268, 15.1268, 72.0446)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45E0 #9AE045

analogous

#454CE0 #8B45E0 #D945E0

triadic

#8B45E0 #E08B45 #45E08B

tetradic

#8B45E0 #E0454C #9AE045 #45E0D9

square

#8B45E0 #E0454C #9AE045 #45E0D9

split-complementary

#8B45E0 #E0D945 #4CE045

monochromatic

#4F1892 #6C21C7 #8B45E0 #AC79E9 #CCAEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#8B45E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8B45E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45E0

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45E0	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.223 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37eeb',
    500: '#8b45e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45e0;
$custom-light: #b37eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55898,
    "c": 0.22258,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45E0

secondary

#C3E0A1

accent

#EE3A9D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45E0

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

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