#8B47E7#8B47E7

#8B47E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.228 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B47E7
RGB	rgb(139, 71, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 69.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 59.88, -70.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 92.34, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1075 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.228 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3208, 15.7645, 77.1893)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B47E7 #A3E747

analogous

#4753E7 #8B47E7 #DB47E7

triadic

#8B47E7 #E78B47 #47E78B

tetradic

#8B47E7 #E74753 #A3E747 #47E7DB

square

#8B47E7 #E74753 #A3E747 #47E7DB

split-complementary

#8B47E7 #E7DB47 #53E747

monochromatic

#4F159F #6B1CD5 #8B47E7 #AD7DEE #CFB3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8B47E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8B47E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B47E7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B47E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B47E7	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b47e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 71, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.228 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ff0',
    500: '#8b47e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b47e7;
$custom-light: #b47ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b47e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.22771,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B47E7

secondary

#CAE4A6

accent

#F334A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B47E7

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

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