#8B48BC#8B48BC

#8B48BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.180 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48BC
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 188)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 61.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 49.08, -50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 70.13, 314.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1108 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.18 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0401, 13.7549, 49.0611)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48BC #79BC48

analogous

#5148BC #8B48BC #BC48B3

triadic

#8B48BC #BC8B48 #48BC8B

tetradic

#8B48BC #BC5148 #79BC48 #48B3BC

square

#8B48BC #BC5148 #79BC48 #48B3BC

split-complementary

#8B48BC #B3BC48 #48BC51

monochromatic

#4A2565 #6B3592 #8B48BC #A775CC #C4A2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B48BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B48BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48BC

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48BC	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E65C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3568B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.180 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd1',
    500: '#8b48bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48bc;
$custom-light: #b07fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53732,
    "c": 0.17963,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48BC

secondary

#ACCA96

accent

#D6528A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48BC

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

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