#8B4AD8#8B4AD8

#8B4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.208 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AD8
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 54.75, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 83.22, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1066 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.208 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4879, 15.3442, 66.5714)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AD8 #97D84A

analogous

#4A50D8 #8B4AD8 #D24AD8

triadic

#8B4AD8 #D88B4A #4AD88B

tetradic

#8B4AD8 #D84A50 #97D84A #4AD8D2

square

#8B4AD8 #D84A50 #97D84A #4AD8D2

split-complementary

#8B4AD8 #D8D24A #50D84A

monochromatic

#4F1E8A #6C29BC #8B4AD8 #AB7CE3 #CCAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8B4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8B4AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AD8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AD8	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.208 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e5',
    500: '#8b4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ad8;
$custom-light: #b281e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.465,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55928,
    "c": 0.20776,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AD8

secondary

#C1DCA2

accent

#E8409B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AD8

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

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