#8B47D9#8B47D9

#8B47D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.213 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47D9
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 56.46, -63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 85.34, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1096 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.213 301)
XYZ	xyz(25.4221, 15.0050, 67.1891)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47D9 #95D947

analogous

#474CD9 #8B47D9 #D447D9

triadic

#8B47D9 #D98B47 #47D98B

tetradic

#8B47D9 #D9474C #95D947 #47D9D4

square

#8B47D9 #D9474C #95D947 #47D9D4

split-complementary

#8B47D9 #D9D447 #4CD947

monochromatic

#4F1C89 #6C27BC #8B47D9 #AB7AE3 #CBACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8B47D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8B47D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47D9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47D9	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.213 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe6',
    500: '#8b47d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47d9;
$custom-light: #b27fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5562,
    "c": 0.21264,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.15005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47D9

secondary

#C0DCA0

accent

#E93F9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47D9

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

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