#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
RGB	rgb(139, 70, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 60.59, -71.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 93.34, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1083 -0.2028)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.23 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3994, 15.6951, 77.9142)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8B46E8	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B46E8

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

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