#8B47DA#8B47DA

#8B47DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.214 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47DA
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 218)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 56.70, -64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 85.84, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1095 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.214 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5525, 15.0572, 67.8762)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47DA #96DA47

analogous

#474DDA #8B47DA #D547DA

triadic

#8B47DA #DA8B47 #47DA8B

tetradic

#8B47DA #DA474D #96DA47 #47DAD5

square

#8B47DA #DA474D #96DA47 #47DAD5

split-complementary

#8B47DA #DAD547 #4DDA47

monochromatic

#4F1C8B #6C26BE #8B47DA #AB7AE4 #CBADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8B47DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8B47DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47DA

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47DA	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.214 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fe6',
    500: '#8b47da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47da;
$custom-light: #b37fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.755,
    "s": 66.516,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55693,
    "c": 0.21373,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47DA

secondary

#C1DCA0

accent

#E93E9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47DA

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

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