#8B4AE6#8B4AE6

#8B4AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.223 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4AE6
RGB	rgb(139, 74, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 58.20, -69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 90.27, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1048 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.223 298)
XYZ	xyz(27.3755, 16.0993, 76.5127)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4AE6 #A5E64A

analogous

#4A57E6 #8B4AE6 #D94AE6

triadic

#8B4AE6 #E68B4A #4AE68B

tetradic

#8B4AE6 #E64A57 #A5E64A #4AE6D9

square

#8B4AE6 #E64A57 #A5E64A #4AE6D9

split-complementary

#8B4AE6 #E6D94A #57E64A

monochromatic

#4F16A0 #6A1DD5 #8B4AE6 #AD80ED #D0B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8B4AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8B4AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4AE6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4AE6	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 74, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.223 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381ef',
    500: '#8b4ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ae6;
$custom-light: #b381ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56962,
    "c": 0.22309,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4AE6

secondary

#CBE4A8

accent

#F235A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4AE6

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

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