#8B47E4#8B47E4

#8B47E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.224 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47E4
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 228)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 68.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 59.14, -68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 90.84, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.108 -0.1968)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.224 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9007, 15.5965, 74.9769)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47E4 #A0E447

analogous

#4751E4 #8B47E4 #D947E4

triadic

#8B47E4 #E48B47 #47E48B

tetradic

#8B47E4 #E44751 #A0E447 #47E4D9

square

#8B47E4 #E44751 #A0E447 #47E4D9

split-complementary

#8B47E4 #E4D947 #51E447

monochromatic

#50179A #6B1ECF #8B47E4 #AD7CEC #CEB2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8B47E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8B47E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47E4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47E4	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.224 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fed',
    500: '#8b47e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47e4;
$custom-light: #b37fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.987,
    "s": 74.408,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56442,
    "c": 0.22449,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47E4

secondary

#C8E2A4

accent

#F137A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47E4

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

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