#8B47C9#8B47C9

#8B47C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.195 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47C9
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 64.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 52.62, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 77.27, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1113 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.195 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4410, 14.2126, 56.7554)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47C9 #85C947

analogous

#4A47C9 #8B47C9 #C947C6

triadic

#8B47C9 #C98B47 #47C98B

tetradic

#8B47C9 #C94A47 #85C947 #47C6C9

square

#8B47C9 #C94A47 #85C947 #47C6C9

split-complementary

#8B47C9 #C6C947 #47C94A

monochromatic

#4D2274 #6C30A3 #8B47C9 #A976D7 #C7A6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8B47C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8B47C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47C9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47C9	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2269C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.195 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17eda',
    500: '#8b47c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47c9;
$custom-light: #b17eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54476,
    "c": 0.19527,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47C9

secondary

#B5D29A

accent

#DE4A90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47C9

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

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