#8B48CD#8B48CD

#8B48CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.198 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48CD
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 53.08, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 78.75, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.1099 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.198 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9818, 14.5315, 59.2872)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48CD #8ACD48

analogous

#4948CD #8B48CD #CD48CC

triadic

#8B48CD #CD8B48 #48CD8B

tetradic

#8B48CD #CD4948 #8ACD48 #48CCCD

square

#8B48CD #CD4948 #8ACD48 #48CCCD

split-complementary

#8B48CD #CCCD48 #48CD49

monochromatic

#4E2179 #6C2EA9 #8B48CD #A978DA #C8A8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8B48CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B48CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48CD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48CD	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.198 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fdd',
    500: '#8b48cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48cd;
$custom-light: #b17fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.226,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54885,
    "c": 0.1983,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48CD

secondary

#B8D59C

accent

#E04793

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48CD

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

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