#8B4BC2#8B4BC2

#8B4BC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.182 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BC2
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 48.95, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 71.46, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.107 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.182 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.8991, 14.4164, 52.6048)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BC2 #82C24B

analogous

#4F4BC2 #8B4BC2 #C24BBE

triadic

#8B4BC2 #C28B4B #4BC28B

tetradic

#8B4BC2 #C24F4B #82C24B #4BBEC2

square

#8B4BC2 #C24F4B #82C24B #4BBEC2

split-complementary

#8B4BC2 #BEC24B #4BC24F

monochromatic

#4C256D #6C359B #8B4BC2 #A879D1 #C6A6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8B4BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B4BC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BC2

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BC2	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0968C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.182 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181d5',
    500: '#8b4bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bc2;
$custom-light: #b181d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.269,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54539,
    "c": 0.18196,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.14416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BC2

secondary

#B2CE9B

accent

#D94F8F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BC2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →