#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
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 210)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 54.77, -60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 81.82, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% 0.1105 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.205 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5308, 14.6486, 62.4954)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8B47D2	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B47D2

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

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