#8B47BE#8B47BE

#8B47BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.183 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47BE
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 190)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 62.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 50.05, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 71.71, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.112 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.183 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1931, 13.7134, 50.1830)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47BE #7ABE47

analogous

#4F47BE #8B47BE #BE47B5

triadic

#8B47BE #BE8B47 #47BE8B

tetradic

#8B47BE #BE4F47 #7ABE47 #47B5BE

square

#8B47BE #BE4F47 #7ABE47 #47B5BE

split-complementary

#8B47BE #B5BE47 #47BE4F

monochromatic

#4A2466 #6B3494 #8B47BE #A874CE #C4A1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8B47BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B47BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47BE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47BE	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3268BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.183 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed2',
    500: '#8b47be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47be;
$custom-light: #b07ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53729,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47BE

secondary

#ADCB96

accent

#D7508A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47BE

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

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