#8B48C8#8B48C8

#8B48C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.193 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48C8
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 64%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 51.89, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 76.21, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1103 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.193 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3878, 14.2940, 56.1593)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48C8 #85C848

analogous

#4B48C8 #8B48C8 #C848C5

triadic

#8B48C8 #C88B48 #48C88B

tetradic

#8B48C8 #C84B48 #85C848 #48C5C8

square

#8B48C8 #C84B48 #85C848 #48C5C8

split-complementary

#8B48C8 #C5C848 #48C84B

monochromatic

#4D2373 #6C31A2 #8B48C8 #A977D6 #C7A6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8B48C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8B48C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48C8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48C8	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.193 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fd9',
    500: '#8b48c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48c8;
$custom-light: #b17fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54538,
    "c": 0.19282,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48C8

secondary

#B5D19A

accent

#DD4B90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48C8

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

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