#8B47E6#8B47E6

#8B47E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.227 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47E6
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 59.63, -69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 91.84, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1077 -0.1994)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.227 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1800, 15.7082, 76.4476)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47E6 #A2E647

analogous

#4753E6 #8B47E6 #DA47E6

triadic

#8B47E6 #E68B47 #47E68B

tetradic

#8B47E6 #E64753 #A2E647 #47E6DA

square

#8B47E6 #E64753 #A2E647 #47E6DA

split-complementary

#8B47E6 #E6DA47 #53E647

monochromatic

#4F159D #6B1DD3 #8B47E6 #AD7DED #CFB3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8B47E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8B47E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47E6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47E6	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.227 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47fef',
    500: '#8b47e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47e6;
$custom-light: #b47fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.66,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56595,
    "c": 0.22663,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47E6

secondary

#C9E4A5

accent

#F335A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47E6

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

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