#8B46D3#8B46D3

#8B46D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.207 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46D3
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 66.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 55.49, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 82.86, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1114 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.207 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5927, 14.5724, 63.1325)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46D3 #8ED346

analogous

#4647D3 #8B46D3 #D246D3

triadic

#8B46D3 #D38B46 #46D38B

tetradic

#8B46D3 #D34647 #8ED346 #46D3D2

square

#8B46D3 #D34647 #8ED346 #46D3D2

split-complementary

#8B46D3 #D3D246 #47D346

monochromatic

#4E1E80 #6C2AB2 #8B46D3 #AA77DF #C9A9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8B46D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B46D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46D3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46D3	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.207 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee1',
    500: '#8b46d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46d3;
$custom-light: #b27ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55057,
    "c": 0.20742,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46D3

secondary

#BBD89D

accent

#E54396

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46D3

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

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