#8B47E2#8B47E2

#8B47E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.222 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47E2
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 58.65, -68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 89.84, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1083 -0.1942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.222 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6247, 15.4861, 73.5232)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47E2 #9EE247

analogous

#4750E2 #8B47E2 #D947E2

triadic

#8B47E2 #E28B47 #47E28B

tetradic

#8B47E2 #E24750 #9EE247 #47E2D9

square

#8B47E2 #E24750 #9EE247 #47E2D9

split-complementary

#8B47E2 #E2D947 #50E247

monochromatic

#501897 #6B20CC #8B47E2 #AC7CEA #CEB1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8B47E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8B47E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47E2

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47E2	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.222 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fec',
    500: '#8b47e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47e2;
$custom-light: #b37fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.323,
    "s": 72.77,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5629,
    "c": 0.22235,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47E2

secondary

#C6E1A4

accent

#EF389F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47E2

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