#8B4AC9#8B4AC9

#8B4AC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.191 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AC9
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 51.12, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 75.60, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1079 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.191 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6365, 14.6037, 56.8206)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AC9 #88C94A

analogous

#4C4AC9 #8B4AC9 #C94AC8

triadic

#8B4AC9 #C98B4A #4AC98B

tetradic

#8B4AC9 #C94C4A #88C94A #4AC8C9

square

#8B4AC9 #C94C4A #88C94A #4AC8C9

split-complementary

#8B4AC9 #C8C94A #4AC94C

monochromatic

#4D2376 #6C31A5 #8B4AC9 #A979D7 #C7A8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8B4AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B4AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AC9

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AC9	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.191 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180da',
    500: '#8b4ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ac9;
$custom-light: #b180da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.709,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54874,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AC9

secondary

#B7D29C

accent

#DD4A92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AC9

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

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