#8B46D8#8B46D8

#8B46D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.213 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46D8
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 56.70, -63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 85.37, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1108 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.213 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2293, 14.8270, 66.4852)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46D8 #93D846

analogous

#464AD8 #8B46D8 #D446D8

triadic

#8B46D8 #D88B46 #46D88B

tetradic

#8B46D8 #D8464A #93D846 #46D8D4

square

#8B46D8 #D8464A #93D846 #46D8D4

split-complementary

#8B46D8 #D8D446 #4AD846

monochromatic

#4F1C87 #6C27BA #8B46D8 #AB79E3 #CAABED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8B46D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8B46D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46D8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46D8	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.213 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee5',
    500: '#8b46d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46d8;
$custom-light: #b27ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.356,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55422,
    "c": 0.2128,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46D8

secondary

#BFDB9F

accent

#E84099

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46D8

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

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