#8B48DB#8B48DB

#8B48DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.214 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48DB
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 219)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 56.46, -64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 85.81, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1083 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.214 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7479, 15.2380, 68.5888)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48DB #98DB48

analogous

#484FDB #8B48DB #D548DB

triadic

#8B48DB #DB8B48 #48DB8B

tetradic

#8B48DB #DB484F #98DB48 #48DBD5

square

#8B48DB #DB484F #98DB48 #48DBD5

split-complementary

#8B48DB #DBD548 #4FDB48

monochromatic

#4F1C8D #6C26C0 #8B48DB #AB7BE5 #CCAEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8B48DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8B48DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48DB

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48DB	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.214 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fe7',
    500: '#8b48db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48db;
$custom-light: #b37fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.347,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55892,
    "c": 0.21357,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48DB

secondary

#C2DDA2

accent

#EA3E9C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48DB

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

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