#8B4BB2#8B4BB2

#8B4BB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.164 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BB2
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 57.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 45.24, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 63.30, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.107 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.164 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1979, 13.7359, 43.6455)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BB2 #72B24B

analogous

#584BB2 #8B4BB2 #B24BA5

triadic

#8B4BB2 #B28B4B #4BB28B

tetradic

#8B4BB2 #B2584B #72B24B #4BA5B2

square

#8B4BB2 #B2584B #72B24B #4BA5B2

split-complementary

#8B4BB2 #A5B24B #4BB258

monochromatic

#48275C #693987 #8B4BB2 #A775C5 #C2A0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B4BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B4BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BB2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BB2	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2965B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.164 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080c9',
    500: '#8b4bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bb2;
$custom-light: #b080c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.282,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53518,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BB2

secondary

#A7C495

accent

#D15785

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BB2

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

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