#8B46D9#8B46D9

#8B46D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.214 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B46D9
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 56.94, -64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 85.87, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1107 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.214 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3590, 14.8789, 67.1681)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B46D9 #94D946

analogous

#464BD9 #8B46D9 #D446D9

triadic

#8B46D9 #D98B46 #46D98B

tetradic

#8B46D9 #D9464B #94D946 #46D9D4

square

#8B46D9 #D9464B #94D946 #46D9D4

split-complementary

#8B46D9 #D9D446 #4BD946

monochromatic

#4F1C89 #6C26BB #8B46D9 #AB79E3 #CBACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8B46D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8B46D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46D9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B46D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B46D9	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b46d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.214 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ee6',
    500: '#8b46d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b46d9;
$custom-light: #b37ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b46d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55496,
    "c": 0.21388,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B46D9

secondary

#BFDC9F

accent

#E93F99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B46D9

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

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