#8B49DB#8B49DB

#8B49DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.212 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49DB
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 219)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 55.97, -64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 85.28, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1073 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.212 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8131, 15.3683, 68.6105)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49DB #99DB49

analogous

#4950DB #8B49DB #D449DB

triadic

#8B49DB #DB8B49 #49DB8B

tetradic

#8B49DB #DB4950 #99DB49 #49DBD4

square

#8B49DB #DB4950 #99DB49 #49DBD4

split-complementary

#8B49DB #DBD449 #50DB49

monochromatic

#4F1C8E #6C26C1 #8B49DB #AC7CE5 #CCAFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8B49DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8B49DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49DB

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49DB	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.212 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380e7',
    500: '#8b49db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49db;
$custom-light: #b380e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.123,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56018,
    "c": 0.21232,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49DB

secondary

#C3DDA2

accent

#EA3E9C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49DB

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

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