#8B4BB7#8B4BB7

#8B4BB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.170 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BB7
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 183)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 59%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 46.38, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 65.84, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1071 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.17 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7091, 13.9404, 46.3377)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BB7 #77B74B

analogous

#554BB7 #8B4BB7 #B74BAD

triadic

#8B4BB7 #B78B4B #4BB78B

tetradic

#8B4BB7 #B7554B #77B74B #4BADB7

square

#8B4BB7 #B7554B #77B74B #4BADB7

split-complementary

#8B4BB7 #ADB74B #4BB755

monochromatic

#492761 #6A388D #8B4BB7 #A777C8 #C3A2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B4BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B4BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BB7

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BB7	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2266BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.170 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080cd',
    500: '#8b4bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bb7;
$custom-light: #b080cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53829,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BB7

secondary

#AAC797

accent

#D35588

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BB7

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

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