#8B48D6#8B48D6

#8B48D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.208 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48D6
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 55.25, -62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 83.29, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1089 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.208 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0995, 14.9786, 65.1741)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48D6 #93D648

analogous

#484CD6 #8B48D6 #D248D6

triadic

#8B48D6 #D68B48 #48D68B

tetradic

#8B48D6 #D6484C #93D648 #48D6D2

square

#8B48D6 #D6484C #93D648 #48D6D2

split-complementary

#8B48D6 #D6D248 #4CD648

monochromatic

#4F1E86 #6C29B8 #8B48D6 #AB7AE1 #CAACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8B48D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8B48D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48D6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48D6	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.208 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe3',
    500: '#8b48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48d6;
$custom-light: #b27fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.31,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55527,
    "c": 0.20813,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48D6

secondary

#BFDAA0

accent

#E64199

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48D6

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

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