#8B4ADA#8B4ADA

#8B4ADA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.210 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4ADA
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 66.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 55.24, -63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 84.23, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1063 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.21 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7480, 15.4483, 67.9414)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4ADA #99DA4A

analogous

#4A51DA #8B4ADA #D34ADA

triadic

#8B4ADA #DA8B4A #4ADA8B

tetradic

#8B4ADA #DA4A51 #99DA4A #4ADAD3

square

#8B4ADA #DA4A51 #99DA4A #4ADAD3

split-complementary

#8B4ADA #DAD34A #51DA4A

monochromatic

#4F1D8D #6C27C0 #8B4ADA #AC7DE4 #CCB0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8B4ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8B4ADA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4ADA

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4ADA	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.210 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e6',
    500: '#8b4ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ada;
$custom-light: #b281e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.083,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56073,
    "c": 0.20995,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4ADA

secondary

#C3DDA3

accent

#E93F9C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4ADA

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

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