#8B48D2#8B48D2

#8B48D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.204 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48D2
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 210)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 54.28, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 81.28, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1094 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.204 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5950, 14.7768, 62.5167)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48D2 #8FD248

analogous

#484AD2 #8B48D2 #D048D2

triadic

#8B48D2 #D28B48 #48D28B

tetradic

#8B48D2 #D2484A #8FD248 #48D2D0

square

#8B48D2 #D2484A #8FD248 #48D2D0

split-complementary

#8B48D2 #D2D048 #4AD248

monochromatic

#4E2080 #6C2CB1 #8B48D2 #AA79DE #C9AAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8B48D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8B48D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48D2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48D2	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.204 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe1',
    500: '#8b48d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48d2;
$custom-light: #b27fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.13,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55239,
    "c": 0.20376,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48D2

secondary

#BCD89E

accent

#E44496

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48D2

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

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