#8B48CF#8B48CF

#8B48CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.200 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48CF
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 207)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 65.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 53.56, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 79.76, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.1097 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.2 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2247, 14.6287, 60.5668)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48CF #8CCF48

analogous

#4848CF #8B48CF #CF48CF

triadic

#8B48CF #CF8B48 #48CF8B

tetradic

#8B48CF #CF4848 #8CCF48 #48CFCF

square

#8B48CF #CF4848 #8CCF48 #48CFCF

split-complementary

#8B48CF #CFCF48 #48CF48

monochromatic

#4E217C #6C2DAD #8B48CF #AA78DC #C8A9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8B48CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8B48CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48CF

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48CF	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.200 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fde',
    500: '#8b48cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48cf;
$custom-light: #b27fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.778,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55026,
    "c": 0.20049,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48CF

secondary

#BAD69D

accent

#E24694

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48CF

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

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