#8B48BF#8B48BF

#8B48BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.183 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48BF
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 191)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 62.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 49.78, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 71.65, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1107 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.183 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3668, 13.8856, 50.7820)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48BF #7CBF48

analogous

#5048BF #8B48BF #BF48B7

triadic

#8B48BF #BF8B48 #48BF8B

tetradic

#8B48BF #BF5048 #7CBF48 #48B7BF

square

#8B48BF #BF5048 #7CBF48 #48B7BF

split-complementary

#8B48BF #B7BF48 #48BF50

monochromatic

#4B2468 #6B3496 #8B48BF #A875CF #C4A3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8B48BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8B48BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48BF

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48BF	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0366C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3269BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.183 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fd3',
    500: '#8b48bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48bf;
$custom-light: #b17fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.782,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5393,
    "c": 0.18293,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48BF

secondary

#AECC97

accent

#D8508B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48BF

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

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