#8B48D4#8B48D4

#8B48D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.206 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48D4
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 66%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 54.76, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 82.29, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1092 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.206 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.8457, 14.8771, 63.8372)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48D4 #91D448

analogous

#484BD4 #8B48D4 #D148D4

triadic

#8B48D4 #D48B48 #48D48B

tetradic

#8B48D4 #D4484B #91D448 #48D4D1

square

#8B48D4 #D4484B #91D448 #48D4D1

split-complementary

#8B48D4 #D4D148 #4BD448

monochromatic

#4F1F83 #6C2AB4 #8B48D4 #AA7AE0 #CAABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8B48D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8B48D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48D4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48D4	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.206 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe2',
    500: '#8b48d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48d4;
$custom-light: #b27fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55383,
    "c": 0.20595,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.14877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48D4

secondary

#BDD99F

accent

#E54397

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48D4

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

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