#8B48BB#8B48BB

#8B48BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.179 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48BB
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 48.85, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 69.62, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1109 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.179 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9327, 13.7119, 48.4953)
Luminance	0.1371 (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

#8B48BB #78BB48

analogous

#5148BB #8B48BB #BB48B1

triadic

#8B48BB #BB8B48 #48BB8B

tetradic

#8B48BB #BB5148 #78BB48 #48B1BB

square

#8B48BB #BB5148 #78BB48 #48B1BB

split-complementary

#8B48BB #B1BB48 #48BB51

monochromatic

#492564 #6A3690 #8B48BB #A775CC #C4A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8B48BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B48BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48BB

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48BB	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1165BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3668B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.179 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd0',
    500: '#8b48bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48bb;
$custom-light: #b07fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.957,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53667,
    "c": 0.17854,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48BB

secondary

#ABC996

accent

#D55289

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48BB

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

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