#8B4BC5#8B4BC5

#8B4BC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.185 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BC5
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 197)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 61.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 49.66, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 72.99, 312.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.1069 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.185 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2394, 14.5525, 54.3971)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BC5 #85C54B

analogous

#4E4BC5 #8B4BC5 #C54BC2

triadic

#8B4BC5 #C58B4B #4BC58B

tetradic

#8B4BC5 #C54E4B #85C54B #4BC2C5

square

#8B4BC5 #C54E4B #85C54B #4BC2C5

split-complementary

#8B4BC5 #C2C54B #4BC54E

monochromatic

#4D2471 #6C339F #8B4BC5 #A979D4 #C7A8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8B4BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B4BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BC5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BC5	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.185 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181d7',
    500: '#8b4bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bc5;
$custom-light: #b181d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.475,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54739,
    "c": 0.18531,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BC5

secondary

#B5D09C

accent

#DB4D90

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BC5

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

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