#8B4AE0#8B4AE0

#8B4AE0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.217 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AE0
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 224)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 67%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 56.71, -66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 87.26, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1056 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.217 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5474, 15.7680, 72.1514)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AE0 #9FE04A

analogous

#4A54E0 #8B4AE0 #D64AE0

triadic

#8B4AE0 #E08B4A #4AE08B

tetradic

#8B4AE0 #E04A54 #9FE04A #4AE0D6

square

#8B4AE0 #E04A54 #9FE04A #4AE0D6

split-complementary

#8B4AE0 #E0D64A #54E04A

monochromatic

#501A96 #6B23CA #8B4AE0 #AC7EE9 #CEB3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8B4AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8B4AE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AE0

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AE0	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.217 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381eb',
    500: '#8b4ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ae0;
$custom-light: #b381eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.21654,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AE0

secondary

#C7E1A5

accent

#EE3AA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AE0

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

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