#8B47E0#8B47E0

#8B47E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.220 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47E0
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 224)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 58.16, -67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 88.85, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1086 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.22 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3519, 15.3770, 72.0863)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47E0 #9CE047

analogous

#474FE0 #8B47E0 #D847E0

triadic

#8B47E0 #E08B47 #47E08B

tetradic

#8B47E0 #E0474F #9CE047 #47E0D8

square

#8B47E0 #E0474F #9CE047 #47E0D8

split-complementary

#8B47E0 #E0D847 #4FE047

monochromatic

#4F1994 #6C22C8 #8B47E0 #AC7BE9 #CDB0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8B47E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8B47E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47E0

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47E0	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.220 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37feb',
    500: '#8b47e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47e0;
$custom-light: #b37feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 71.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5614,
    "c": 0.2202,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47E0

secondary

#C5E0A3

accent

#EE3A9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47E0

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

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