#8B46E8#8B46E8

#8B46E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.230 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B46E8
RGBrgb(139, 70, 232)
HSLhsl(266, 78%, 59%)
HSVhsv(266, 70%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(40.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.57, 60.59, -71.01)
CIE-LCHlch(46.57, 93.34, 310.47°)
OKLaboklab(56.63% 0.1083 -0.2028)
OKLCHoklch(56.63% 0.23 298.1)
XYZxyz(27.3994, 15.6951, 77.9142)
Luminance0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B46E8 #A3E846
analogous
#4652E8 #8B46E8 #DC46E8
triadic
#8B46E8 #E88B46 #46E88B
tetradic
#8B46E8 #E84652 #A3E846 #46E8DC
square
#8B46E8 #E84652 #A3E846 #46E8DC
split-complementary
#8B46E8 #E8DC46 #52E846
monochromatic
#4F14A0 #6B1BD6 #8B46E8 #AD7CEF #CFB3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07
#8B46E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14
#8B46E8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B46E8
5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B46E8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B46E81.005.074.145.07
#FFFFFF5.071.0021.001.00
#0000004.1421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.071.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006DE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#746E92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b46e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 70, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.230 298.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ff0',
    500: '#8b46e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b46e8;
$custom-light: #b47ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b46e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56629,
    "c": 0.22993,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B46E8
secondary
#CAE5A5
accent
#F433A2
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFD
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A17
muted
#817C85

Preview Lab

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#8B46E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva