#8B4ABA#8B4ABA

#8B4ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.174 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4ABA
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 186)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 47.59, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 67.96, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1084 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.174 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9574, 13.9320, 47.9773)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4ABA #79BA4A

analogous

#534ABA #8B4ABA #BA4AB1

triadic

#8B4ABA #BA8B4A #4ABA8B

tetradic

#8B4ABA #BA534A #79BA4A #4AB1BA

square

#8B4ABA #BA534A #79BA4A #4AB1BA

split-complementary

#8B4ABA #B1BA4A #4ABA53

monochromatic

#4A2664 #6B3790 #8B4ABA #A776CB #C4A3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8B4ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B4ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4ABA

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4ABA	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B66BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A69B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.174 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080cf',
    500: '#8b4aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4aba;
$custom-light: #b080cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.821,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53879,
    "c": 0.17449,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4ABA

secondary

#ACC997

accent

#D5538A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4ABA

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

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