#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
RGBrgb(139, 70, 217)
HSLhsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(268, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(35.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.47, 56.94, -64.28)
CIE-LCHlch(45.47, 85.87, 311.54°)
OKLaboklab(55.5% 0.1107 -0.183)
OKLCHoklch(55.5% 0.214 301.2)
XYZxyz(25.3590, 14.8789, 67.1681)
Luminance0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##8B46D91.005.283.985.28
#FFFFFF5.281.0021.001.00
#0000003.9821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.281.0021.001.00

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

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#8B46D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva