#8B49BB#8B49BB

#8B49BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.177 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49BB
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 61%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 48.34, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 69.05, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1096 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.177 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9978, 13.8422, 48.5170)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49BB #79BB49

analogous

#5249BB #8B49BB #BB49B2

triadic

#8B49BB #BB8B49 #49BB8B

tetradic

#8B49BB #BB5249 #79BB49 #49B2BB

square

#8B49BB #BB5249 #79BB49 #49B2BB

split-complementary

#8B49BB #B2BB49 #49BB52

monochromatic

#4A2564 #6B3691 #8B49BB #A776CC #C4A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8B49BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8B49BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49BB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49BB	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1565BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3869B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.177 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd0',
    500: '#8b49bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49bb;
$custom-light: #b07fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53804,
    "c": 0.17707,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49BB

secondary

#ACC997

accent

#D5538A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49BB

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

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