#8B46D4#8B46D4

#8B46D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.208 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46D4
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 67%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 55.73, -61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 83.36, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1113 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.208 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7185, 14.6227, 63.7948)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46D4 #8FD446

analogous

#4648D4 #8B46D4 #D246D4

triadic

#8B46D4 #D48B46 #46D48B

tetradic

#8B46D4 #D44648 #8FD446 #46D4D2

square

#8B46D4 #D44648 #8FD446 #46D4D2

split-complementary

#8B46D4 #D4D246 #48D446

monochromatic

#4E1E81 #6C2AB3 #8B46D4 #AA78E0 #C9A9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8B46D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B46D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46D4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46D4	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.208 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee2',
    500: '#8b46d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46d4;
$custom-light: #b27ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.155,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5513,
    "c": 0.20849,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46D4

secondary

#BCD99D

accent

#E54296

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46D4

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

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