#8B4AE1#8B4AE1

#8B4AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.218 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AE1
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 56.96, -66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 87.76, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1055 -0.1904)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.218 299)
XYZ	xyz(26.6834, 15.8224, 72.8678)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AE1 #A0E14A

analogous

#4A54E1 #8B4AE1 #D74AE1

triadic

#8B4AE1 #E18B4A #4AE18B

tetradic

#8B4AE1 #E14A54 #A0E14A #4AE1D7

square

#8B4AE1 #E14A54 #A0E14A #4AE1D7

split-complementary

#8B4AE1 #E1D74A #54E14A

monochromatic

#501997 #6B22CC #8B4AE1 #AD7EEA #CEB3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8B4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8B4AE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AE1

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AE1	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.218 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381eb',
    500: '#8b4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ae1;
$custom-light: #b381eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.828,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56588,
    "c": 0.21763,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.15823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AE1

secondary

#C8E1A6

accent

#EE39A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AE1

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

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