#8B4BC7#8B4BC7

#8B4BC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.188 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BC7
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 199)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 62.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 50.14, -54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 74.02, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1068 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.188 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4701, 14.6448, 55.6120)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BC7 #87C74B

analogous

#4D4BC7 #8B4BC7 #C74BC5

triadic

#8B4BC7 #C78B4B #4BC78B

tetradic

#8B4BC7 #C74D4B #87C74B #4BC5C7

square

#8B4BC7 #C74D4B #87C74B #4BC5C7

split-complementary

#8B4BC7 #C5C74B #4BC74D

monochromatic

#4D2474 #6C32A2 #8B4BC7 #A97AD6 #C7A8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8B4BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8B4BC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BC7

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BC7	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.188 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181d9',
    500: '#8b4bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bc7;
$custom-light: #b181d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54873,
    "c": 0.18755,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BC7

secondary

#B6D19C

accent

#DC4C92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BC7

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

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