#8B48D3#8B48D3

#8B48D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.205 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48D3
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 54.52, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 81.78, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.1093 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.205 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7199, 14.8268, 63.1749)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48D3 #90D348

analogous

#484AD3 #8B48D3 #D048D3

triadic

#8B48D3 #D38B48 #48D38B

tetradic

#8B48D3 #D3484A #90D348 #48D3D0

square

#8B48D3 #D3484A #90D348 #48D3D0

split-complementary

#8B48D3 #D3D048 #4AD348

monochromatic

#4F1F81 #6C2BB3 #8B48D3 #AA79DF #CAABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8B48D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8B48D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48D3

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48D3	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.205 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe1',
    500: '#8b48d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48d3;
$custom-light: #b27fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.921,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55311,
    "c": 0.20486,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48D3

secondary

#BCD89E

accent

#E44397

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48D3

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

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