#8B47D5#8B47D5

#8B47D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.208 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B47D5
RGBrgb(139, 71, 213)
HSLhsl(269, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(269, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(34.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(45.36, 55.49, -62.16)
CIE-LCHlch(45.36, 83.33, 311.75°)
OKLaboklab(55.33% 0.1101 -0.1768)
OKLCHoklch(55.33% 0.208 301.9)
XYZxyz(24.9081, 14.7995, 64.4822)
Luminance0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B47D5 #91D547
analogous
#474AD5 #8B47D5 #D247D5
triadic
#8B47D5 #D58B47 #47D58B
tetradic
#8B47D5 #D5474A #91D547 #47D5D2
square
#8B47D5 #D5474A #91D547 #47D5D2
split-complementary
#8B47D5 #D5D247 #4AD547
monochromatic
#4F1E84 #6C29B5 #8B47D5 #AA79E0 #CAABEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30
#8B47D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96
#8B47D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47D5
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B47D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B47D51.005.303.965.30
#FFFFFF5.301.0021.001.00
#0000003.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.301.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006AD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006BD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7C6788
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b47d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.208 301.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe3',
    500: '#8b47d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b47d5;
$custom-light: #b27fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b47d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55328,
    "c": 0.20832,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B47D5
secondary
#BDD99E
accent
#E64297
background
#FBF7FE
surface
#F6EEFC
border
#D0C9D5
text
#110A15
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

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#8B47D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva