#8B47BB#8B47BB

#8B47BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.180 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47BB
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 62%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.63, 49.36, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.63, 70.19, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.1121 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.18 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8685, 13.5836, 48.4739)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47BB #77BB47

analogous

#5147BB #8B47BB #BB47B1

triadic

#8B47BB #BB8B47 #47BB8B

tetradic

#8B47BB #BB5147 #77BB47 #47B1BB

square

#8B47BB #BB5147 #77BB47 #47B1BB

split-complementary

#8B47BB #B1BB47 #47BB51

monochromatic

#492563 #6A3590 #8B47BB #A774CC #C3A0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8B47BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8B47BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47BB

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47BB	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C64BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3568B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.180 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed0',
    500: '#8b47bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47bb;
$custom-light: #b07ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53531,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47BB

secondary

#AAC995

accent

#D65289

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47BB

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

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