#8B46C7#8B46C7

#8B46C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.194 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46C7
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 199)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 52.65, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 76.81, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.1126 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.194 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1442, 13.9930, 55.5034)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46C7 #82C746

analogous

#4A46C7 #8B46C7 #C746C2

triadic

#8B46C7 #C78B46 #46C78B

tetradic

#8B46C7 #C74A46 #82C746 #46C2C7

square

#8B46C7 #C74A46 #82C746 #46C2C7

split-complementary

#8B46C7 #C2C746 #46C74A

monochromatic

#4C2271 #6C30A0 #8B46C7 #A875D5 #C6A4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8B46C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8B46C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46C7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46C7	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.194 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ed9',
    500: '#8b46c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46c7;
$custom-light: #b17ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54208,
    "c": 0.19444,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46C7

secondary

#B2D098

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46C7

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

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