#8B46C8#8B46C8

#8B46C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.196 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46C8
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 65%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 52.88, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 77.32, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1125 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.196 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2606, 14.0396, 56.1169)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46C8 #83C846

analogous

#4A46C8 #8B46C8 #C846C4

triadic

#8B46C8 #C88B46 #46C88B

tetradic

#8B46C8 #C84A46 #83C846 #46C4C8

square

#8B46C8 #C84A46 #83C846 #46C4C8

split-complementary

#8B46C8 #C4C846 #46C84A

monochromatic

#4C2272 #6C30A1 #8B46C8 #A975D6 #C6A4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8B46C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8B46C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46C8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46C8	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2269C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.196 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ed9',
    500: '#8b46c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46c8;
$custom-light: #b17ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54277,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46C8

secondary

#B3D199

accent

#DE4A8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46C8

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

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