#8B47D2#8B47D2

#8B47D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.205 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B47D2
RGBrgb(139, 71, 210)
HSLhsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 66%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(33.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(45.15, 54.77, -60.78)
CIE-LCHlch(45.15, 81.82, 312.02°)
OKLaboklab(55.11% 0.1105 -0.1728)
OKLCHoklch(55.11% 0.205 302.6)
XYZxyz(24.5308, 14.6486, 62.4954)
Luminance0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B47D2 #8ED247
analogous
#4748D2 #8B47D2 #D147D2
triadic
#8B47D2 #D28B47 #47D28B
tetradic
#8B47D2 #D24748 #8ED247 #47D2D1
square
#8B47D2 #D24748 #8ED247 #47D2D1
split-complementary
#8B47D2 #D2D147 #48D247
monochromatic
#4E1F7F #6C2BB1 #8B47D2 #AA78DE #C9A9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34
#8B47D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93
#8B47D2 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47D2
5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B47D2#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B47D21.005.343.935.34
#FFFFFF5.341.0021.001.00
#0000003.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.341.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006AD6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#076ACF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D6687
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b47d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.205 302.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe1',
    500: '#8b47d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b47d2;
$custom-light: #b27fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b47d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.353,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55111,
    "c": 0.20505,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B47D2
secondary
#BBD89D
accent
#E44496
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EEFB
border
#D0C9D4
text
#110A15
muted
#807C83

Preview Lab

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#8B47D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva