#8B4AC8#8B4AC8

#8B4AC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.190 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AC8
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 63%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 50.88, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 75.09, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1079 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.19 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5192, 14.5568, 56.2031)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AC8 #87C84A

analogous

#4C4AC8 #8B4AC8 #C84AC6

triadic

#8B4AC8 #C88B4A #4AC88B

tetradic

#8B4AC8 #C84C4A #87C84A #4AC6C8

square

#8B4AC8 #C84C4A #87C84A #4AC6C8

split-complementary

#8B4AC8 #C6C84A #4AC84C

monochromatic

#4D2374 #6C32A3 #8B4AC8 #A979D6 #C7A8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8B4AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B4AC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AC8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AC8	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.190 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180d9',
    500: '#8b4ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ac8;
$custom-light: #b180d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.952,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54805,
    "c": 0.19006,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AC8

secondary

#B6D29C

accent

#DD4B92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AC8

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

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