#8B4BB4#8B4BB4

#8B4BB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.166 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BB4
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 180)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 58.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 45.69, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 64.31, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% 0.1071 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.166 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4002, 13.8168, 44.7107)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BB4 #74B44B

analogous

#564BB4 #8B4BB4 #B44BA9

triadic

#8B4BB4 #B48B4B #4BB48B

tetradic

#8B4BB4 #B4564B #74B44B #4BA9B4

square

#8B4BB4 #B4564B #74B44B #4BA9B4

split-complementary

#8B4BB4 #A9B44B #4BB456

monochromatic

#48275E #6A3989 #8B4BB4 #A776C6 #C3A1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8B4BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B4BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BB4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BB4	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2765B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.166 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080cb',
    500: '#8b4bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bb4;
$custom-light: #b080cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.571,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53642,
    "c": 0.16629,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BB4

secondary

#A8C596

accent

#D15787

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BB4

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

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