#8B48D1#8B48D1

#8B48D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.203 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48D1
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 209)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 54.04, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 80.77, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1095 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.203 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4708, 14.7271, 61.8627)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48D1 #8ED148

analogous

#484AD1 #8B48D1 #CF48D1

triadic

#8B48D1 #D18B48 #48D18B

tetradic

#8B48D1 #D1484A #8ED148 #48D1CF

square

#8B48D1 #D1484A #8ED148 #48D1CF

split-complementary

#8B48D1 #D1CF48 #4AD148

monochromatic

#4E207F #6C2CB0 #8B48D1 #AA79DD #C9AAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8B48D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8B48D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48D1

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48D1	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.203 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe0',
    500: '#8b48d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48d1;
$custom-light: #b27fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.343,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55168,
    "c": 0.20267,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48D1

secondary

#BBD79E

accent

#E34596

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48D1

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

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