#8B4AD7#8B4AD7

#8B4AD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.207 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AD7
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 54.50, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 82.71, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1067 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.207 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3590, 15.2927, 65.8926)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AD7 #96D74A

analogous

#4A50D7 #8B4AD7 #D24AD7

triadic

#8B4AD7 #D78B4A #4AD78B

tetradic

#8B4AD7 #D74A50 #96D74A #4AD7D2

square

#8B4AD7 #D74A50 #96D74A #4AD7D2

split-complementary

#8B4AD7 #D7D24A #50D74A

monochromatic

#4F1E88 #6C29BB #8B4AD7 #AB7CE2 #CBAEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8B4AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8B4AD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AD7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AD7	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.207 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e4',
    500: '#8b4ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ad7;
$custom-light: #b281e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.66,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55856,
    "c": 0.20665,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AD7

secondary

#C1DBA2

accent

#E7419A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AD7

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

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