#8B4BB1#8B4BB1

#8B4BB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.163 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BB1
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 177)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 57.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 45.01, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 62.79, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.107 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.163 311)
XYZ	xyz(21.0979, 13.6959, 43.1186)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BB1 #71B14B

analogous

#584BB1 #8B4BB1 #B14BA4

triadic

#8B4BB1 #B18B4B #4BB18B

tetradic

#8B4BB1 #B1584B #71B14B #4BA4B1

square

#8B4BB1 #B1584B #71B14B #4BA4B1

split-complementary

#8B4BB1 #A4B14B #4BB158

monochromatic

#47275B #693986 #8B4BB1 #A775C4 #C2A0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8B4BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B4BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BB1

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BB1	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A64B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.163 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080c9',
    500: '#8b4bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bb1;
$custom-light: #b080c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53457,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.13695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BB1

secondary

#A6C394

accent

#D05784

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BB1

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

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