#8B47D1#8B47D1

#8B47D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.204 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47D1
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 209)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 66%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 54.53, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 81.31, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1106 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.204 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4066, 14.5989, 61.8413)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47D1 #8DD147

analogous

#4748D1 #8B47D1 #D047D1

triadic

#8B47D1 #D18B47 #47D18B

tetradic

#8B47D1 #D14748 #8DD147 #47D1D0

square

#8B47D1 #D14748 #8DD147 #47D1D0

split-complementary

#8B47D1 #D1D047 #48D147

monochromatic

#4E207E #6C2CAF #8B47D1 #AA78DD #C9A9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8B47D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B47D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47D1

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47D1	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.204 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe0',
    500: '#8b47d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47d1;
$custom-light: #b27fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5504,
    "c": 0.20397,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47D1

secondary

#BAD79D

accent

#E34595

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47D1

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

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