#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
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 55.49, -62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 83.33, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1101 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.208 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9081, 14.7995, 64.4822)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8B47D5	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B47D5

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

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