#8B48DE#8B48DE

#8B48DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.217 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48DE
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 222)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 57.19, -65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 87.32, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1079 -0.188)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.217 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1464, 15.3974, 70.6876)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48DE #9BDE48

analogous

#4850DE #8B48DE #D648DE

triadic

#8B48DE #DE8B48 #48DE8B

tetradic

#8B48DE #DE4850 #9BDE48 #48DED6

square

#8B48DE #DE4850 #9BDE48 #48DED6

split-complementary

#8B48DE #DED648 #50DE48

monochromatic

#4F1A91 #6C24C5 #8B48DE #AC7CE7 #CDB0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8B48DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8B48DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48DE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48DE	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.217 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380e9',
    500: '#8b48de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48de;
$custom-light: #b380e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56114,
    "c": 0.21682,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48DE

secondary

#C4DFA3

accent

#EC3C9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48DE

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

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