#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
RGBrgb(139, 70, 214)
HSLhsl(269, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(269, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(35%, 67.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(45.25, 56.21, -62.91)
CIE-LCHlch(45.25, 84.36, 311.79°)
OKLaboklab(55.28% 0.1111 -0.179)
OKLCHoklch(55.28% 0.211 301.8)
XYZxyz(24.9723, 14.7242, 65.1317)
Luminance0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B46D61.005.323.945.32
#FFFFFF5.321.0021.001.00
#0000003.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.321.0021.001.00

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

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#8B46D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva