#8B48DA#8B48DA

#8B48DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.212 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48DA
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 218)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 67%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 56.22, -64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 85.31, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1085 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.212 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6166, 15.1855, 67.8976)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48DA #97DA48

analogous

#484EDA #8B48DA #D448DA

triadic

#8B48DA #DA8B48 #48DA8B

tetradic

#8B48DA #DA484E #97DA48 #48DAD4

square

#8B48DA #DA484E #97DA48 #48DAD4

split-complementary

#8B48DA #DAD448 #4EDA48

monochromatic

#4F1C8B #6C26BE #8B48DA #AB7BE4 #CCAEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8B48DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8B48DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48DA

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48DA	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.212 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe6',
    500: '#8b48da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48da;
$custom-light: #b27fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.534,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55818,
    "c": 0.21248,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48DA

secondary

#C1DDA1

accent

#E93F9B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48DA

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

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