#8B46D6#8B46D6

#8B46D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.211 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46D6
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 67.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 56.21, -62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 84.36, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1111 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.211 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9723, 14.7242, 65.1317)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46D6 #91D646

analogous

#4649D6 #8B46D6 #D346D6

triadic

#8B46D6 #D68B46 #46D68B

tetradic

#8B46D6 #D64649 #91D646 #46D6D3

square

#8B46D6 #D64649 #91D646 #46D6D3

split-complementary

#8B46D6 #D6D346 #49D646

monochromatic

#4F1D84 #6C28B6 #8B46D6 #AA78E1 #CAAAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8B46D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8B46D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46D6

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46D6	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.211 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee3',
    500: '#8b46d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46d6;
$custom-light: #b27ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55275,
    "c": 0.21065,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46D6

secondary

#BDDA9E

accent

#E74197

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46D6

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

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