#8B48CC#8B48CC

#8B48CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.197 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48CC
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 52.84, -57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 78.24, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1099 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.197 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8614, 14.4834, 58.6535)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48CC #89CC48

analogous

#4948CC #8B48CC #CC48CB

triadic

#8B48CC #CC8B48 #48CC8B

tetradic

#8B48CC #CC4948 #89CC48 #48CBCC

square

#8B48CC #CC4948 #89CC48 #48CBCC

split-complementary

#8B48CC #CBCC48 #48CC49

monochromatic

#4D2178 #6C2FA8 #8B48CC #A978D9 #C8A8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#8B48CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8B48CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48CC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48CC	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.197 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fdc',
    500: '#8b48cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48cc;
$custom-light: #b17fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54816,
    "c": 0.1972,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48CC

secondary

#B7D49C

accent

#E04893

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48CC

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

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