#8B48D7#8B48D7

#8B48D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.209 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48D7
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.68, 55.49, -62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.68, 83.80, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1088 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.209 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2276, 15.0299, 65.8488)
Luminance	0.1503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48D7 #94D748

analogous

#484DD7 #8B48D7 #D348D7

triadic

#8B48D7 #D78B48 #48D78B

tetradic

#8B48D7 #D7484D #94D748 #48D7D3

square

#8B48D7 #D7484D #94D748 #48D7D3

split-complementary

#8B48D7 #D7D348 #4DD748

monochromatic

#4F1E87 #6C29B9 #8B48D7 #AB7AE2 #CBACED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8B48D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8B48D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48D7

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48D7	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.209 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe4',
    500: '#8b48d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48d7;
$custom-light: #b27fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.112,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55599,
    "c": 0.20922,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48D7

secondary

#BFDBA0

accent

#E74199

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48D7

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

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