#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
RGBrgb(139, 72, 211)
HSLhsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(34.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.40, 54.52, -60.96)
CIE-LCHlch(45.40, 81.78, 311.81°)
OKLaboklab(55.31% 0.1093 -0.1733)
OKLCHoklch(55.31% 0.205 302.2)
XYZxyz(24.7199, 14.8268, 63.1749)
Luminance0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##8B48D31.005.303.975.30
#FFFFFF5.301.0021.001.00
#0000003.9721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.301.0021.001.00

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

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#8B48D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva