#8B47C8#8B47C8

#8B47C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.194 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47C8
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 52.39, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 76.77, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1114 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.194 305)
XYZ	xyz(23.3237, 14.1657, 56.1379)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47C8 #84C847

analogous

#4A47C8 #8B47C8 #C847C4

triadic

#8B47C8 #C88B47 #47C88B

tetradic

#8B47C8 #C84A47 #84C847 #47C4C8

square

#8B47C8 #C84A47 #84C847 #47C4C8

split-complementary

#8B47C8 #C4C847 #47C84A

monochromatic

#4C2272 #6C30A2 #8B47C8 #A976D6 #C6A5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8B47C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B47C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47C8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47C8	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.194 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ed9',
    500: '#8b47c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47c8;
$custom-light: #b17ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.628,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54407,
    "c": 0.19418,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.14166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47C8

secondary

#B4D19A

accent

#DD4A90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47C8

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

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