#8B45E8#8B45E8

#8B45E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.231 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B45E8
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 70.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 61.05, -71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 93.85, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1093 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.231 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3373, 15.5710, 77.8935)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B45E8 #A2E845

analogous

#4551E8 #8B45E8 #DD45E8

triadic

#8B45E8 #E88B45 #45E88B

tetradic

#8B45E8 #E84551 #A2E845 #45E8DD

square

#8B45E8 #E84551 #A2E845 #45E8DD

split-complementary

#8B45E8 #E8DD45 #51E845

monochromatic

#4F149F #6B1AD5 #8B45E8 #AD7BEF #CFB2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8B45E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8B45E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B45E8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B45E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B45E8	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b45e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.231 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ef0',
    500: '#8b45e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b45e8;
$custom-light: #b47ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b45e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.767,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56512,
    "c": 0.23106,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B45E8

secondary

#C9E4A4

accent

#F433A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B45E8

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

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